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Zero to Three, an organization focused on early childhood development, recommends these book-type guidelines for babies and toddlers:
Birth to 6 Months - chunky board books, soft fabric books and vinyl bath books
6 to 9 Months - board books with short, simple stories and colorful illustrations
9 to 18 Months - board books with simple stories, stories with rhymes and phrases that repeat, and stories with pictures of other babies and familiar objects like animals 18 to 24 Months - longer, slightly more complex stories; humorous stories; and stories featuring silly rhymes 24 to 26 Months - books with paper pages, nonfiction stories about things like animals or seasons, and books that discuss jobs
