One of the best gifts you can give a baby or a toddler is a personalized book with their name in it. They enjoy the story more when they think they’re the main character. And it’s a great way to learn to recognize and spell their name!
So if you have a little one with a birthday coming up, there are a bunch of personalized books for babies and toddlers. Here are our top 10 favorites!
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These personalized books aren’t only good for toddler birthdays or Christmas presents, they’re great baby shower gifts if you already know the baby’s name. Keeping the name a secret until birth? Even though Sip and See parties don’t usually call for gifts, a personalized book would be a great welcome for a new baby!
Still don’t have a baby name picked out? Here are some tips to pick out the perfect baby name!
1. Hello World It’s Me! Personalized book
This book is a great gift for a newborn. There are two versions of the Hello World book. You can either get it in blue or in pink. And you can add in a dedication like “Welcome to the world! Love Mommy and Daddy” or whatever you want to have printed in the book. It’s a board book so you can feel confident handing it to a baby.
2. Goodnight Little One Custom Name
Goodnight books are very popular because parents usually read to their child at bedtime. And they’re very comforting. This one can be customized with your child’s name. It has gorgeous illustrations too. Your baby’s name is spelled out in the pictures on pretty much every page. It’s so beautiful.
3. The Little Boy/Girl Who Lost His/Her Name
We have this book and Toot loves it. It’s one of her favorite personalized books. You can choose a body for your main character to make him or her look more like your toddler.
They have three options for each gender. The story follows your child trying to find their lost name. They meet various animals or magical creatures whose names start with the letters of your child’s name. For example a troll will give your child a T, and an alligator will give you an A.
4. The Birthday Thief
This is a perfect birthday gift for a toddler. Again, you can choose one of three characters for a boy or girl that looks like your child. You can customize it with their name and birthday. It’s super cute. Wonderbly makes some amazing personalized books.
5. My Very Own Pirate Tale
Toot has been very into pirates lately. This is a fun pirate adventure where your toddler meets oceanic creatures that spell out their first and last names. An Orca gives you an O. A Walrus gives you a W. And there’s a sea animals index in the back so you can learn all about the animals in the book!
6. My Very Own Fairy Tale
This personalized book is similar to the pirate adventure but it’s fairies! Each fairy will give you a letter of the child’s name and has an adjective like I for intelligent and T for thoughtful. Customize one for your child here.
7. Adventures of (Your Toddler’s Name) and Her Magical Name
Your child’s name is used to help characters in a nearby circus in this custom name book. The illustrations are beautiful and it has excellent ratings on Amazon.
8. Your Toddler’s Nursery Rhymes Adventure
All of the class nursery rhymes are in this book. And you can personalize it with your child’s name, town, and even pet names! And there are lots of different options for the color of the covers. So you don’t just have to pick pink or blue.
9. Your Toddler’s Coloring Book Adventure Personalized Coloring Book
This is a story led coloring and activity book. It incorporates your child’s name in every page and they can color it too! You can add in your own dedication in the beginning, and it makes a great keepsake.
10. My Very Own Trucks Personalized Name Book
If your toddler is into trucks, cars, and things that go, this book is perfect to personalize. All of the trucks and machines will assemble your toddler’s first and last names.
Each one will bring the letter they start with. An ambulance will bring an A, and a hang glider brings an H. And like the pirate book, there’s an index of all of the things that go in the back.
What are your favorite personalized books for babies and toddlers?
Let me know in the comments below! Bonus! Check out four more customizable books here!
Kira | A Better Life Lived says
The lost name one sounds really cute! Nice list.
Niki @ Toot's Mom is Tired says
Thanks! Toot loves reading it.
Gillian MItchell says
This is such a great idea. I had bought another personalised story book for my grand daughter called ‘the key the tree and me’ and she absolutely adores it. There are a lot of companies offering these kind of books now but it was really beautifully illustrated and the story was also a lot of fun. I highly recommend personalised books, you won’t be disappointed.
Nick says
The lost name is really great!