A suggestion for cognitive books: cognitive things can be more in contact with real life and nature, so that children can have a more intuitive, perceptual and comprehensive understanding of things.
Children at this stage need not only cognitive books, but also excellent picture books. Picture books can enhance the parent-child relationship and improve the baby's language experience. I think any picture book can be read to children as long as they are interested. But it must be emphasized that these picture books must have beautiful pictures and harmonious colors.
In fact, children can show their curiosity and preference for picture book stories at an early age. I started reading stories to my children when they were less than 1 month old, such as Little Blue and Yellow, Hungry Little Snake, Miffy by the Sea, Hungry and Hungry Caterpillar, Runaway Bunny, Roses for Hens Walking and so on. Before he 1 years old. When he is 5 or 6 months old, you can feel that he can understand the story, and his eyes, movements and voices can convey these signals; When he is less than 1 year old and reads a story to him, he will expect the plot or ending of the story. For example, when Xiaolan and Huang's parents don't know them, he will pretend to cry. When I say the caterpillar comes out of the egg, he will say "bang".
Comparatively speaking, cognitive books help to cultivate children's analytical thinking, while picture book stories help to cultivate children's comprehensive thinking. Personally, I think the latter is more conducive to the growth of children.
Besides these two books, nursery rhymes and nursery rhymes are also suitable for this age group. There are also some touch books, voice books, bath books and cloth books that are very suitable for this age group.
One thing to add: One of the most important principles in selecting a picture book is that it must have a sense of design, whether it is text, pictures or binding, it must be full of creativity. As mentioned earlier, the hungry caterpillar is a classic example.