Babywearing Books For Children
It’s great to see just how many books there are now that feature babywearing, sometimes just on one or two pages, sometimes as a key element of the story. Here are a collection of them, with links to where the books are available on Amazon, where applicable. These are affiliate links that will generate some money for Babywearing UK which will be used for projects that support the production of more free babywearing resources. Many thanks to Kathryn of Swindon Sling Library and William of SlingKids for their help in compiling this list.
A Ride on Mother’s Back: A Day of Baby Carrying Around the World A lovely book all about babywearing, full of fab pictures. |
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A book about the world with a couple of babywearing illustrations |
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This is the tale of Bernadi and his grandfather, Babu, with some lovely pictures of traditional babywearing. |
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A board book for babies about the different activities that babies enjoy – including being carried. |
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An early reader book about a market trip, full of colour and numbers |
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A board book with pictures of the things that babies love, including a picture of a baby in a carrier. |
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A book all about the day in the life of a carried baby, with Daddy doing the babywearing. See below for more Backpack Baby books |
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A book about a journey that involves babywearing |
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Carry Me (Babies Everywhere Series) A book all about how babies are carried around the world, with illustrations on every page. |
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Catch That Goat!: A Counting Tale from Nigeria A counting book from Nigeria with traditional babywearing illustrated on some pages. |
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A Shirley Hughes book with a lovely illustration of a Dad carrying his baby on one page. |
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Down The Road To Jamie’s House Annie’s Mum is always busy feeding her baby brother so she sets off on her own to see her friend, Jamie. Her Mum (with baby brother in a carrier) comes to the rescue. |
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Babies really are everywhere and many of them are being carried. |
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Handa’s Surprise (Walker Paperbacks) Handa goes on a journey, counting fruit & encountering various people including a babywearing mum. |
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How can a small girl hide a very large lion? |
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A day from the point of view from a baby carried inside an amautik |
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This lovely book celebrates families of all shapes and sizes |
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A story about looking after a younger sibling, with babywearing on many pages |
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A village tale from Kenya with several pictures of babywearing |
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Mama’s Milk / Mama me Alimenta Mama’s Milk is about all of the different mothers who feed their babies milk, including one illustration of breastfeeding and babywearing |
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Mine: A Backpack Baby Story (Backpack Baby Stories) Another lovely story from Backpack Baby |
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Great book about a baby’s adventures with her two mums. |
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Mr Bear goes camping with his family |
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Mr Bear takes Baby Bear on a picnic and of course he babywears! |
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Annie Kubler’s picture book shows a child awaiting a new baby and includes a lovely babywearing picture. |
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Rachel Fuller’s picture book also shows one babywearing picture |
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Poppa Bombola is looking for his little girl and needs to babywear as he does so |
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Say Hi, Backpack Baby (Backpack Baby Stories) Another lovely story from Backpack Baby |
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Stepping Out Together: A Lesson For Life This leaflet by the Local Road Safety Officers Association features a couple of lovely babywearing pictures. |
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Supermum: A book about mothers Because Mums do many great things and babywearing is just one of them |
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Another book about breastfeeding with a babywearing & breastfeeding illustration |
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A rhyme-based story about fussy eating, with babywearing included along the way |
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A children’s classic with modern illustrations that include babywearing pictures |
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Wah-wah!: A Backpack Baby Story (Backpack Baby Stories) Another lovely story from Backpack Baby |
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A book about a young Mexican girl whose dreams of unlimited books to read come true |
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A gentle parenting book for children by William & Mary Sears |
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Wonderwise: Out There Somewhere It’s Time To A book about time zones with babywearing on one page |
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A book about breastfeeding with some beautiful illustrations of babywearing |
I have spotted several examples of babywearing, in children’s books. And I have put many of them into an album:
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