LittleBookMatch

What are they ready for next?

Five books chosen by what your little one does with a book — the chewing, the flaps, the sitting still. Three questions.

Start — three questions

Free, no sign-up, nothing stored

1. What do they do with a book?

Pick the closest. It matters more than how old they are.

2. Any favourites? Optional

Name one and the match gets closer. Skip it if nothing springs to mind.

3. Is this level right, or ready to move up one?

This is the one that decides whether we stay at this level or step up.

Ready-made

Shelves for what is going on

Bedtime 195 books Starting school 110 books Feelings 125 books Friendship 336 books

Browse all 39 shelves

2,500 books, by 633 authors, chosen by hand from the Internet Archive’s Open Library. How we choose them.

How it works

The five steps we sort by

Age tells you very little. What a child does with a book tells you what they are ready for — and it changes one step at a time.

  1. Chewing it, patting it, pointing at thingsBoard books, mostly pictures
  2. Touching, pressing, feelingTextures, squeaks, buttons
  3. Lifting flaps and pop-upsThey want to make something happen
  4. Sitting through a picture bookA whole story, start to finish
  5. A longer storyMore words than pictures
The premise

Why age is the wrong question