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Board books get their name because they’re made of cardboard or chipboard, which makes their pages stiffer and heavier than regular paper — and able to withstand use by small hands that don’t have the fine motor development to turn regular paper pages without tearing them. Board books are perfect for kids from newborn to 3 years old.

Most board books are 10 to 14 pages long, with very little, if any, text. We’re talking a few sentences at most, and sometimes only one word to a page. These books vary in size, from 2 x 3 inches to 14 x 16 inches.

Many board books are also novelty books (which you can read about in the section “Other books that have pictures,” later in this chapter). Novelty books come with something other than just flat paper and images. Board books can have sliding and moveable parts. They come with puppets built in or touch-and-feel fabrics and papers, or they have ribbons all around the edges. Anything that can catch an adult’s eye can probably also catch a baby’s eye. And that’s what board books do: get young children to love reading even before they can read (and really can’t do much more than teeth on the books).