Use your voice as a tool-vary your tone to keep their interest. Keep reading pleasurable-stop if baby becomes fussy. Read favorite books over and over again. Toddlers are curious and assert their independence. They want to see the pictures and turn the pages.
Toddlers are natural mimics, so look for books with lots of repetition.
Reading to toddlers is an interactive experience. They will enjoy books that provide them opportunities to use their favorite word or to repeat a phrase. Children who are beginning to talk love to name familiar people and objects. Read books that reflect their daily lives, stopping to talk about the pictures. By using your right hand to hold the extra pages you can release just one at a time for your toddler to turn by herself.