Reddit reviews Hooray for Fish!

My son loves "Hooray for Fish." It's super cute with lots of rhymes and colors--no humans in it. Link here: https://www.amazon.com/Hooray-Fish-Lucy-Cousins/dp/0763639184/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494855160&sr=8-1&keywords=hooray+for+fish

At that age, I look for board books with bright, simple, well-defined images. I am a big fan of Hooray for Fish, both my kiddos loved it. Really bright colors, really attention getting, and makes it easy to point to colors and patterns while saying the words.

I also like pictures-of-animals board books for little kids, where again you can do actions (say pat the doggie, while helping them pat the dog), show them animal sounds, etc.

My kid is also a fan of the That's not my.... books by Usborne. There seem to be hundreds of them - mermaid, truck, bear, pony, tiger, frog, to name just the ones we have. My son is 15 months now and picks these up and brings them to me to read through together. They are simple, again lots of colors to point out, small things to count, etc., and my experience has been touchy-feely books such as these or one that is popular but I don't care for, Pat the Bunny, are a great way to engage infants.

I also like to make reading a nighttime book part of the pre-bed routine. Establishing a pre-bed routine can help some kids with establishing that day/night difference and sleeping more at night, when they are ready. Goodnight Moon is a classic hit, Time for Bed is another with a really soothing, rhyming, relaxing rhythm to it that is sort of easy to memorize.

In my opinion, the big part of reading with babies under 1 is engaging with them using sight, sound, affection, etc. Just make it fun. You won't get much if any real attention at first but it just becomes a fun and pleasant thing to do.