I have a confession: I love children’s books so much more than adult books.

There’s just something so comforting about diving into a childhood favorite that is so much better than any other book that I “should” read because it’s won awards or it’s critically acclaimed or some other reason. Thankfully, I have many tiny humans in my life with birthdays and holidays and other accomplishments to celebrate so I have endless excuses to hide out in the children’s section of Barnes and Noble. 

While the holidays might be over already, that doesn’t mean that the season of giving has to stop! Here are my suggestions for your next gift idea for your favorite niece/nephew/sibling/cousin/etc. After all, what better gift is there than the gift of learning?

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For the wee lil babies in your life:

Books (L to R): A is for Activist by Innosanto Nagara; Baby Loves Quantum Physics! by Ruth Spiro; Cheer Up, Ben Franklin! by Misti Kenison

Board books have really come a long way since we were kids and never has there been a greater plethora of precious books for you to pick for the new parents in your life. 

Whether their future baby is a historian, scientist, or activist in the making, these titles will be sure to elicit ooohs and ahhhs at the next baby shower. What’s more, each of these titles has additional books on the same themes so you can help build the baby’s library one board book at a time.

For the kid who’s *nearly* got this reading thing down:

Books (L to R): Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty; Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favill; Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal &? Tom Lichtenheld