Reddit mentions of Yum Yum Dim Sum (World Snacks Series)

My daughter liked all of these books:

• Keena Ford - several books in this series. Here is one - https://www.amazon.com/Keena-Second-Grade-Mix-Up-Melissa-Thomson/
  
• The Ugly Vegetables - https://www.amazon.com/Ugly-Vegetables-Grace-Lin/
  
• A chapter book by the same author - https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031606002X/
  
  World Snacks Series introduces the idea of different cultures to toddlers:
  
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Yum-Dim-Sum-World-Snacks/dp/1582461082/
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Chaat-Sweets-Amy-Wilson-Sanger/dp/1582461937/
  
  The "who was" and "I am" books are pretty good for a diverse group of historical figures. For example (we haven't read all of these):
  
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Martin-Luther-Ordinary-People-Change/dp/0525428526
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Gandhi-Ordinary-People-Change-World/dp/0735228701
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Who-Helen-Keller-Gare-Thompson/dp/0448431440/
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Who-Sacagawea-Judith-Bloom-Fradin/dp/0448424851
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Who-Was-Anne-Frank-Abramson/dp/0448444828/
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Who-Malala-Yousafzai-Was/dp/0448489376/
  
• https://www.amazon.com/Rosa-Parks-Yona-Zeldis-McDonough/dp/0448454424/
  
  
  A might girl is also a great resource for books about powerful girls and women:
  https://www.amightygirl.com/books
  
  They have categories for "multi-cultural fiction", "world regions" and "prejudice / Discrimination":
  
  
• https://www.amightygirl.com/books/fiction/multicultural-fiction
  
• https://www.amightygirl.com/books/general-interest/world-regions
  
• https://www.amightygirl.com/books/social-issues/prejudice-discrimination

Books, books, books! My babies love(d) Look, Look! (three year old loves "reading" it to his brother), Black & White, Art Cards, the Babyfaces series (esp Hugs and Kisses and Smile!. The World Snacks series is also great; they're bright, (mostly) well-written, and not irritating. Plus, My toddler still loves them, and we started reading them to him when he was three months. I like Yum Yum Dim Sum and Let's Nosh! best. Indestructables are great for babies who eat books. And the Leslie Patricelli books have been a huge hit around here since toddlerdude was a wee baby.

Don't forget non-board books good for reading, such as a Mother Goose (there are also "chunky" ones that are kid-safe), Beatrix Potter, The Wind in the Willows, or even Shel Silverstein.

Toys for this age that I like are sensory balls, music makers, rattles (we had to buy two of those because wee babydude likes it so much), stackers, links, these bead things (a large, four-sided activity cube is gold for this age through toddler hood--like this), stacking cups, and baby's first blocks. We have veriations on all of these (or the exact one listed), and they are popular with both our three year old and the eight month old.