7 Cute Baby Board Book Sets

Find the cutest baby board book sets with easy with help from this list of seven very cute baby’s first library board book sets. We’ve looked through all of the board book sets for babies, and found our favorite sets which we share below. All of the sets are different, even if some are from the same publisher/author duo, like the Baby University Sets and the Mudpuppy Little Feminist and Little Traveler Book Sets. Not only do we share the book sets, but we also share a peek inside each book, so you can gain a better understanding of what to expect from each board book set!

So, without further adieu, scroll down to easily find a cute and worthwhile board book block set to gift to the expecting mother in your life, or the precious newborn you just can’t help buying little gifts for. The board books sets we share are great to gift for baby showers, 1-year-olds, and 2-year-olds.

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Baby University ABC Book Set

This Baby University ABC Book Set includes four ABC board books that introduce little ones to space, math, and scientific principles with simplified answers to big questions and well-paired illustrations. Created by Chris Ferrie. We like that the pages in this ABC book set for babies includes layers of information, making it a more interesting read for parents and also increasing the longevity of these books, as more information can be read and absorbed as the children grow older. It includes 4 books: 

• ABC’s of Space Book (Asteroid, Binary Star, Comet)
• ABC’s of Physics Book (Atom, Black Hole, Charge)
• ABC’s of Science Book (Amoeba, Bond, Conductor)
• ABC’s of Mathematics Book (Addition, Base, Chord)

This Little Collection Baby Book Set

This Little Collection includes 4 Board Books that feature influential people worth knowing. Author: Joan Holub, illustrator: Daniel Roode. This Little Collection is one of our favorite baby book sets. It introduces little ones to different careers and passions, noteworthy individuals, and also has beautiful illustrations that are fun to page through andinteresting to look at. The book included are the following titles: 

• This Little President
• This Little Explorer
• This Little Trailblazer
• This Little Scientist

Here is an excerpt from This Little Scientist: “This little scientist painted bugs everywhere – laying eggs, eating leaves, even flying midair. Maria Sibylla Merian’s paintings explained such things as how caterpillars turn into butterflies through a change called metamorphosis.” This two-page spread shows a head-shot of Maria on one page, and an illustration of her painting in the other with bright, contrasting colors form the page background colors.

Little Traveler Board Book Set

This Little Traveler Board Book Set includes four board books that feature Food, Vehicles, Landmarks, and Animals from countries around the world. The set is made by Mudpuppy. The illustrations are simple and pop against the bright colored backgrounds.

• Little Traveler Animals Book (Madagascar, Iceland, Galápagos, Australia)
• Little Traveler Food Book (Germany, Mexico, Japan, Italy)
• Little Traveler Vehicles Book (England, United States of America, Barbados, Thailand)
• Little Traveler Landmarks Book (France, Egypt, India, United States of America)

Lift-the-Flap Little Nature Friends Board Book Set

This lift-a-flap book set includes four board books that feature little animals and things that go on an adventure like a little blue boat that takes to the high seas, or the little yellow bees that introduces you to his garden friends. Written by Ginger Smith, these cute little stories are great to read to new babies, and then even better for little ones to explore on their own by lifting the chunky, sturdy flaps once they get a bit bigger and start working on their fine motor skills. The board books included in this set are titled the follows:

• Little Red Barn
• Little Blue Boat
• Little Yellow Bee
• Little Green Frog

Here is an excerpt from The Little Yellow Bee: The garden is full of colors to see, Greens, reds, and purples and… …a little yellow bee!” The bee is hiding under the flap in this two-page spread.

Quantum Physics For Babies Book Set

This Baby University Book Set includes four board books that introduce little ones to scientific principles with simplified answers to big questions, and simple, colorful, and modern illustrations. Created by Chris Ferrie. The four books in the set include the following titles:

• Quantum Physics For Babies
• Rocket Science For Babies
• General Relativity For Babies
• Newtonian Physics For Babies

“This is a ball. The ball feels the force of gravity.” The pages show an image of a ball on one side, with the ball on the next page in the same position with a green arrow pointing down along with ‘force of gravity’ in green text with the rest of the text in black.

Little Feminist Board Book Set

This Little Feminist Board Book Set includes four board books that introduce little ones to powerful female artists, pioneers, leaders, and activists throughout time. Each book is eight pages long and 4x4x4 inches in size. It includes the following titles that features the women in parathesis.

• Little Feminist Artists (Maya Angelou,  Josephine Baker, Frida Kahlo, and Ella Fitzgerald)
• Little Feminist Leaders (Cleopatra, Queen Elizabeth I, Indira Gandhi, and Hillary Clinton)
• Little Feminist Activists (Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Gloria Steinem, and Malala Yousafza)
• Little Feminist Pioneers (Marie Curie, Sally Ride, Amelia Earhart, and Billie Jean King)

Here is an excerpt from one of the books in the set: “Harriet Tubman rescued many people and said freedom now!” Paired with an illustration of Harriet with a lantern.

Lift-the-Flap Baby Animals Board Book Set

This Lift-the-Flap Baby Animals Board Book Set is a collection of four board books that explores baby animals found in the forest, farm, in the wild, and in snow. Written by Ginger Swift. Each book contains a total of 12 thick pages with chunky, sturdy lift the flap surprises on each two-page spread. This board book set includes the following books:

• Babies on the Farm
• Babies in the Forest
• Babies in the Snow
• Babies in the Wild

An excerpt from Babies on the Farm: “Oinkity– oink, oink!” Says Mama Pig. “Who is being naughty in the garden?” “Not us!: say Poppy and Patch. “It’s the piglets!” With a lift the flap section the reveals the piglets playing in the garden.

All of the board book block sets we share in this article are available for purchase through Amazon. To see the current price of a set, simply click on the book’s image or the ‘view price’ button to see the baby board book set on Amazon.

The Best Baby Board Book Sets

This collection of baby board book sets are our favorite sets already, so this list already serves as a curated selection. However, out of all of these board book sets for babies, there are a couple that we absolutely love and others that are very popular, and for good reason.

Our Favorite Baby Board Book Set out of the seven we share has to be the This Little Collection Baby Book Set. I have gifted this set to many a newborn. Why? I think this board book set checks all the boxes – it’s fun and colorful for the baby, the illustrations are well done, clean, but interesting and unique, and the text is robust enough that it’s interesting for the parents that read it, and for the little one to listen to. Besides all of that, the subject matter of this set is inspirational. It’s all about pioneers of various industries.

Both Baby University Board Book Sets (Baby University ABC Book Set and Quantum Physics For Babies Book Set) are very popular baby’s first library board book sets. This is likely for a variety of reasons, one of which is the premise of these books. Everyone wants to raise a little genius, so why not start your little one off with books that are about big concepts in easy to digest formats?

In closing, the best baby board book set is up for debate and really depends on your preferences. We think that any of the above board book sets would make a great gift for expecting parents, a baby shower present, or a gift for a 1 to 2-year-old birthday party or holiday present. Overall, we think books always make good gifts, since bedtime stories aren’t going anywhere fast. Be sure to take a look some of our related categories for more gift ideas for babies – You can view our baby shower gift ideas, baby toys, and baby book categories for even more gift ideas for the soon-to-arrive baby or little one in your life.

Tell us in the comments below – which baby board book sets look the most interesting to you? Are ther any other baby book sets you think should have made our list? We want to know!