Music & books Gift Ideas
8 top-rated music & books, from $10 to $169. Our picks include apFrog Scout and Violet 100 Words Book, ZIRI & ZANE Keepsake Baby Memory Book and Toniebox 2 My First Farm Bundle for Kids 1+.
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LeapFrog Scout and Violet 100 Words Book
A touch-and-learn electronic book that says 100+ words, with an English and Spanish switch.
Favorite ZIRI & ZANE Keepsake Baby Memory Book, First 5 Years
A 120-page gender-neutral baby book with a gold foil cover to record milestones from birth to age 5.
2026 PERFECTGIFT Toniebox 2 My First Farm Bundle for Kids 1+
Favorite Hape Pound & Tap Bench with slide-out xylophone
A wooden pounding bench where balls drop onto a xylophone, which slides out to play on its own.
Baby Einstein Take Along Tunes Musical Toy
A handheld musical toy that plays classical melodies with dancing lights at the push of a big button, ages 3 months and up.
Hape Penguin musical wobbler
A wooden roly-poly penguin that waddles, spins and rings a little bell, from 6 months.
Melissa & Doug K's Kids Flip Fish soft baby book
A cuddly fish with peek-a-boo scales that hide pictures, a squeaker tail and a baby mirror.
Skip Hop Explore & More fox xylophone
A pull-along fox xylophone with eight colorful keys and an attached mallet, from 12 months.
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