Farm books for babies and toddlers

A selection of interactive books that will be very enjoyable to read with babies and toddlers

Books about farm animals and tractors are always popular with young children. It’s great fun to make the animal noises – and the tractor sounds! Here is a selection of interactive books that will be very enjoyable to read with babies and toddlers.

  • Cluck Cluck Duck: Lift the Flaps

    by Mama Makes Books, illustrated by Rachel Saunders 

    2022 0 to 4 years 

    • Board books
    • Funny
    • Interactive

    Cluck Cluck Duck is part of the light-hearted Funny Farm” series. Just like Tractor Tractor, the title combines humour and interaction with some fun and subtle early learning, as well as a wider social angle.

  • Peek Inside: Farm

    by Becky Davies, illustrated by Fhiona Galloway 

    2022 0 to 4 years 

    • Board books
    • Interactive

    This chunky board book will grab your child’s attention from the word go: delightfully oversized and shaped like a farm barn, everything about it screams fun”!

  • Zoom: Farm Adventure

    by Susan Hayes and Aviel Basil 

    2021 0 to 4 years 

    • Board books

    Every young child will adore joining in with Bo and his duck for a day’s adventure at the farm, as they round up animals, pick fruit, harvest corn, and comfort a farm cat who’s just had kittens. A brilliant and absorbing gateway to longer picture books that will help build up attention span. 

  • Tractor Tractor

    by Rachael Saunders 

    2022 0 to 2 years 

    • Board books
    • Interactive
    • Poetry and rhyme

    Tractor Tractor is the second book about the humorous goings-on at the Funny Farm, illustrated by Rachael Saunders. Each book has an early-learning concept and Tractor Tractor is all about opposites.

  • I’m the Tractor Driver

    by Katie Woolley, illustrated by David Semple 

    2022 2 to 4 years 

    • Interactive
    • Non-fiction
    • Picture books

    A perfect, interactive book for young tractor fans, I’m The Tractor Driver follows a day in the life of a busy tractor driver as they help out the farmers with different jobs.

  • Tummy Time Farm

    by Louise Lockhart 

    2024 0 to 2 years 

    • Board books

    Let’s say hello to the farm animals! A bright and charming board book that will help baby’s development, as well as being a great tool for shared fun.

  • Moo!: Play-city Rattler

    by Make Believe Ideas 

    2023 0 to 2 years 

    • Board books
    • Interactive

    A sturdy board book with a rattle, introducing farm animals and their various sounds. A fun introduction to farm animals and the concept that books can be interactive like toys.

  • Noisy Tractor: I Can Learn My First Sounds

    by Lauren Crisp, illustrated by Thomas Elliott 

    2021 0 to 4 years 

    • Board books
    • Interactive

    This brilliant board book is full of realistic tractor noises, short, rhyming text, and simply labelled animals for toddlers to enjoy.

  • Dinosaur Farm!

    by Penny Dale 

    2019 2 to 6 years 

    • Picture books

    A glorious mash-up of dinosaurs and farm life, this picture book is pitched perfectly at children who obsess over both. Who doesn’t want to see a Tyrannosaurus rex in a combine harvester? It’s an absolute winner: fun, daft and educational. 

  • Counting Sheep

    by Michelle Robinson, illustrated by Nikki Dyson 

    2024 2 to 6 years 

    • Funny
    • Picture books

    Sam the farm dog tries to settle the animals down at bedtime, but they are full of energy and in no mood for sleeping. An entertaining picture book which will help young readers develop their counting skills.

  • What the Ladybird Heard

    by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Lydia Monks 

    2010 2 to 6 years 

    • Picture books
    • Poetry and rhyme

    The animals on the farm are always noisy, all except for the ladybird who never says a word. But when burglars plot to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow, the ladybird has a plan…