I was at the library with my youngest two of five children who are now 12 & 13 years old, and my 12 year old Christina said to me, “Mommy, why were you in the children’s book area?” I asked her, “What does Mommy love?” She relied,”Little kids books”.
I just love children’s books. Even though all of my children are older I am still drawn to the beautiful and often whimsical illustration, and sweet and innocent story line. I LOVE mentally living there. So, I have decided to indulge my passion for children’s books and create a whole section on children’s books and fun activities that go along with them. So send us your favorite read aloud and we will try and come up with projects to go along with them too.
Alphabet Book Lists
E AGEE Agee Z Goes Home
E ALLEN Allen Read Anything Good Lately?
E ANDREAE Andreae ABC Animal Jamboree
E APPLE Spirin A Apple Pie
E ARNOSKY Arnosky Mouse Letters
E ASHMAN Ashman M Is For Mischief An A To Z Of Naughty
Children
E AYLESWORTH Aylesworth Little Bitty Mousie
E AYLESWORTH Aylesworth Naughty Little Monkeys
E AYLESWORTH Aylesworth Old Black Fly
E AZARIAN Azarian Farmer’s Alphabet
E AZARIAN Azarian
E BAKER Baker LMNO Peas
E BAREL Bar-el Alphabetter
E BARRON Barron Fed Up!
E BASE Base Animalia
E BASHER Basher ABC Kids
E BLACKSTONE Blackstone Alligator Alphabet
E BOTTNER Bottner Annoying ABC
E BROWN Brown Goodnight Moon ABC
E BRUEL Bruel Bad Kitty
E BRUEL Bruel Bad Kitty Christmas
E BRUEL Bruel Poor Puppy
E BRUHOFF Brunhoff Babar’s A B C
E BULLARD Bullard Not Enough Beds – A Christmas Alphabet
Book
E BUNTING Bunting Girls A To Z
E BURRIS Burris
E BURRIS Burris Kitty Cat Alphabet Book
E BUTLER Butler F Is For Firefighting
E CAPUCILLI Capucilli Mrs. Mctats And Her Houseful Of Cats
E CATALANOTTO Catalanotto Matthew A.B.C.
E CHANDRA Chandra A Is For Amos
E CLEARY Cleary Peanut Butter And Jellyfishes
E COMPESTINE Compestine D Is For Dragon Dance
E CRONIN Cronin Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack: An Alphabetical
Adventure
E DEMAREST Demarest Cowboy ABC
E DEMEREST Demerest All Aboard ~ A Traveling Alphabet
E DITERLIZZI DiTerlizzi G Is For One Gzonk!
E DORAN Doran A Is For Artist
E DRAGONWAGON Dragonwagon Alligator Arrived With Apples
E EHLERT Ehlert Eating The Alphabet
E ELLIS Ellis Scariest Alphabet Book
E ELTING Elting Q Is For Duck
E ELYA Elya F Is For Fiesta
E ELYA Elya N Is For Navidad
E ENGELBREIT Engelbreit Merry Little Christmas
E ERNST Ernst Turn-Around, Upside-Down Alphabet Book
E FISHER Fisher
E FLEMING Fleming Alphabet Under Construction
E FLOCA Floca Racecar Alphabet
E FRASIER Frasier Fabulous Fair Alphabet
E FREYMANN Freymann Food For Thought
E GAG Gag ABC Bunny
E GAGA Gaga Pass The Celery, Ellery
E GEISERT Geisert Pigs From A To Z
E GEORGE George Alfred Digs
E GERINGER Geringer Cow is Mooing Anyhow
E GIRNIS Girnis ABC For You And Me
E GOLDING Golding Alphababies
E GREENAWAY Greenaway A Apple Pie
E GROSSMAN Grossman My Little Sister Hugged An Ape
E GUSTAFSON Gustafson Alphabet Soup
E HAAS Haas Appaloosa Zebra
E HARNESS Harness Midnight In The Cemetery
E HAUSMAN Hausman A To Z Do You Ever Feel Like Me
E HELLER Heller Goblins In Green
E HOBAN Hoban 26 Letters And 99 Cents
E HOBBIE Hobbie Toot & Puddle : Puddle’s ABC
E HORENSTEIN Horenstein Arf! Beg! Catch! Dogs From A To Z
E HOROWITZ Horowitz Twenty-Six Princesses
E HOWELL Howell Zooflakes
E HUGHES Hughes Alfie’s ABC
E INKPEN Inkpen Kipper’s A To Z
E JACKSON Jackson -Bet
E JACOBS Jacobs NASCAR ABCs
E JAY Jay
E JOCELYN Jocelyn ABC x 3
E JOHNSON Johnson Alphabet City
E KALMAM Kalman What Pete Ate From A-Z
E KELLOGG Kellogg Aster Aardvark’s Alphabet Adventure
E KONTIS Kontis Alpha Oops! H Is For Halloween
E KONTIS Kontis Alpha Oops! The Day The Z Went First
E KRULL Krull M Is For Music
E KUTNER Kutner Z Is For Zombie
E LEOPOLD Leopold K Is For Kitten
E LESTER Lester A Is For Salad
E LEUCK Leuck Jeepers Creepers
E LINDBERGH Lindbergh Awful Aardvarks Shop For School
E LIONNI Lionni Alphabet Tree
E LOBEL Lobel Alison’s Zinnia
E LOBEL Lobel Animal Antics A To Z
E LOBEL Lobel Away From Home
E LOBEL Lobel On Market Street
E LONDON London
E MAASS Maass A Is For Autumn
E MACDONALD MacDonald A Was Once And Apple Pie
E MACDONALD MacDonald Alphabatics
E MAHURIN Mahurin Jeremy Kooloo
E MARINO Marino Zoopa
E MARTIN Martin Alphabet From A To Y With Bonus Letter Z!
E MARTIN Martin Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
E MCGURK McGurk If Rocks Could Talk ~A Discovered Alphabet
E MCLEAN McLean Play Mas’! A Carnival ABC
E MCLEOD McLeod SuperHero ABC
E MCLIMANS McLimans Gone Wild ~ An Endangered Alphabet
E MELMED Melmed Heart Of Texas ~ A Lone Star ABC
E MERRIAM Merriam Where Is Everybody?
E MILICH Milich City ABC Book
E MIRANDA Miranda Alphabet Fiesta
E MONCURE Moncure Magic Monsters Act The Alphabet
E MONCURE Moncure Sound Box Series
E MORA Mora Marimba – Animals From A To Z
E MORALES Morales Just In Case
E MOXLEY Moxley A B C D An Alphabet Book Of Cats And Dogs
E MUNROE Munroe Wild West Trail Ride Maze
E MURPHY Murphy ABC Doctor
E MURRAY Murray Apple Pie ABC
E NIKOLALISA Nikola-Lisa My Teacher Can Teach Anyone
E OKEEFE Hungry Monster ABC
E PALLOTTA Pallotta Bird Alphabet Book
E PAUL Paul Everything To Spend The Night From A To Z
E PINTO Pinto Alphabet Room
E POLACCO Polacco G Is For Goat
E POLETTE Polette Hole By The Apple Tree
E PRINGLE Pringle Happy Tails ~Earl And Pearl On The Farm
E RACZKA Raczka 3-D ABC ~A Structural Alphabet
E RASCHKA Raschka Talk To Me About The Alphabet
E RASH Rash Agent A To Agent Z
E REY Rey Curious George Learns The Alphabet
E RICE Rice Cowboy Alphabet
E ROSEN Rosen Avalanche
E ROSENBERG Rosenberg Big And Little Alphabet
E SALAS Salas J Is For Jingle Bells
E SCHAFER Schafer Penguins ABC
E SCHINDLER Schindler Found Alphabet
E SCHULMAN Schulman A Is For Zebra
E SCHULMAN Schulman AA Is For Aardvark
E SENDAK Sendak Alligators All Around
E SEUSS Seuss Dr. Seuss’s ABC
E SEUSS Seuss Hopper Humperdink
E SHANNON Shannon Tomorrow’s Alphabet
E SHAPIRO Shapiro We’re All In The same Boat
E SHAW Shaw Grandmother’s Alphabet
E SHELBY Shelby Potluck
E SIERRA Sierra There’s A Zoo In Room 22
E SLATE Slate Miss Bindergarten (series)
E SLOAT Sloat Patty’s Pumpkin Patch
E SNEED Sneed Picture A Letter
E SOBEL Sobel B is for Bulldozer: A Construction ABC
E SOBEL Sobel Shiver Me Letters – a Pirate ABC
E SWEET Sweet Carmine – A Little More Red
E TAYLOR Taylor Bears At Work
E TERRY Terry L Is For Library
E TRASLER Trasler Caveman A B.C. Story
E TUDOR Tudot A Is For Annabelle _A Dolls Alphabet
E TYRONE Tyron Albert’s Alphabet
E ULMER Ulmer A Isn’t For Fox -AN Isn’t Alphabet
E WARGIN Wargin P Is For Pumpkin -God’s Harvest Alphabet
E WARGIN Wargin S Is For Snowman -God’s Wintertime
Alphabet
E WELLS Wells Max’s ABC
E WHITEHEAD Whitehead Christmas Alphabet Book
E WILLIAMS Williams ABC Kids
E WINTER Winter Calavera Abecedario: A Day Of The Dead
Alphabet Book
E WONDRISKA Wondriska Long Piece Of String
E WOOD Wood Alphabet Adventure
E WOOD Wood Alphabet Mystery
E WOOD Wood Alphabet Rescue
E ZUCKERMAN Zuckerman Creature ABC
J 027 PRI Prieto B Is For Bookworm -A Library Alphabet
J 069 SMI Smith S Is For Smithsonian American Museum Alphabet
J 222 JON Jones Aardvarks, Disembark!
J 292.1 WIL Wilbur Z Is For Zeus – A Greek Mythology Alphabet
J 320.9 GRO Grodin D Is For Democracy -A Citizen’s Alphabet
J 333.7 DOM Domeniconi M Is For Majestic – A National Parks Alphabet
J 355 DEM Demarest Alpha Bravo Charlie – The Military Alphabet
J 359 GAR Garnett U.S. Navy Alphabet Book
J 363.8 WIL Wilbur M Is For Meow – A Cat Alphabet
J 371 LAY Layne T Is For Teachers – A School Alphabet
J 372.4 WAR Warren Alphabet Theme-a-saurus
J 385 CIS C Is For Caboose – Riding The Rails From A To Z
J 394.264 VID Vidrine Thanksgiving Day Alphabet
J 398.2 DEL Delaney Gunnywolf
J 398.264 CRA Crane P Is For Pilgrim – A Thanksgiving Alphabet
J 398.266 REY Reynolds S Is For Star – A Christmas Alphabet
J 398.8 BAY Bayer A, My Name Is Alice
J 411 HAT Hatay Charlie’s ABC
J 411 HOW Howland ABC Drive!
J 419 CHA Chaplin I Can Sign My ABCs
J 419 HEL Heller Sign Language ABC
J 419 RAN Rankin Handmade Alphabet
J 421 BAK Baker Black And White Rabbit’s ABC
J 421 BON Bonder Accidental Alphabet
J 421 FEE Feeney A Is For Aloha
J 421 HEP Hepworth Antics
J 421.1 COX Cox Crazy Alphabet
J 421.1 FIR Firmin Cat’s ABC
J 421.1 GAR Garten Alphabet Tale
J 421.1 HAG Hague Alphabears
J 421.1 LEN Lencek Antic Alphabet
J 421.1 MAU Maurer Annie, Bea, And Chi Chi Delores
J 421.1 MAY Mayer Brambleberry’s Animal Alphabet
J 421.1 MIL Miller Farm Alphabet Book
J 421.1 PEL Pelletier Graphic Alphabet
J 421.1 SCH Schnur Autumn : An Alphabet Acrostic
J 421.1 VAN VanAllsburg Z Was Zapped
J 421.1 WEG Wegman ABC
J 421.5 ALD Alda Arlene Alda’s ABC
J 428 HUM Kane Human Alphabet
J 428 NIC Nickle Alphabet Explosion
J 428 SCH Schneider Add I+T=It Dip It Fix It
J 428.1 ISA Isadora ABC Pop
J 431.1 JEW Jewell ABC Cat
J 508 CAS Castella -Discovering Nature’s Alphabet
J 508.2 SCH Schnur Winter: An Alphabet Acrostic
J 513 PAL Pallotta Icky Bug Counting Book
J 551.4 SMI Smith W Is For Waves – An Ocean Alphabet
J 551.6 MIC Michaels W Is For Wind
J 567.9 PAL Pallotta Dinosaur Alphabet Book
J 573.7 PAL Mallotta Skull Alphabet Book
J 578.7 DOE Doering Rain Forest ABC
J 578.7 PAL Palotta Desert Alphabet Book
J 578.76 PAL Palotta Freshwater Alphabet Book
J 582 PAL Pallotta Flower Alphabet book
J 590 HOR Horenstein -A Is For…
J 590 LEE Lee ABC Safari
J 590 MED Medley Antelope, Bison, Cougar
J 590.7 SMI Smith Z Is For Zookeeper – A Zoo Alphabet
J 591 BER Bernhard Alphabeasts
J 591 BRO Browne African Animals Abc
J 591 PAL Pallotta Extinct Alphabet Book
J 591 RYD Ryden Wild Animals Of Africa ABC
J 591.9 DAR Darling Amazon ABC
J 591.9 PAL Pallotta Underwater Alphabet Book
J 593 PAL Pallotta Ocean Alphabet Book
J 595.7 PAL Pallotta Beetle Alphabet Book
J 595.7 PAL Pallotta Icky Bug Alphabet Book
J 595.78 CAS Cassie Butterfly Alphabet Book
J 595.78 SAN Sandved Butterfly Alphabet
J 597.3 TRO Troll Sharkabet
J 597.6 PAL Pallotta Frog Alphabet Book
J 597.9 PAL Pallotta Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book
J 599 PAL Pallotta Furry Alphabet Book
J 623.82 PAL Pallotta Boat Alphabet Book
J 624 PAL Palotta Construction Alphabet Book
J 629.13 PAL Pallotta Airplane Alphabet Book
J 629.13 PAL Pallotta Jet Alphabet Book
J 629.4 TOD Todd A Is For Astronaut
J 629.925 DEM Demerast Firefighters A To Z
J 635 PAL Pallotta Victory Garden Alphabet Book
J 636.1 ULM Ulmer H Is For Horse – An Equestrian Alphabet
J 636.7 STR Strother W Is For Woof -A Dog Alphabet
J 636.8 DAR Darling ABC Cats
J 641.51 CHA Charney -ABC Fruits and Vegetables
J 641.6 PAL Pallotta Spice Alphabet Book
J 700 DOM Domeniconi M Is For Masterpiece – An Art Alphabet
J 700 MCA McArthur ABC Of What Art Can Be
J 708.17 MET Museum ABC
J 709.2 JOH Johnson A is for Art
J 745.5 ROS Ross Letter Shapes
J 745.5 ROS Ross Letter Sounds
J 746.9 PAU Paul Eight Hands Round – A Patchwork Alphabet
J 780 WAR Wargin M Is For Melody – A Music Alphabet
J 793.7 BOU Bourke Eye Spy
J 793.73 SCH Schnur Summer : An Alphabet Acrostic
J 796.32 MAY Mayers Basketball ABC
J 796.334 HER Kerzoz K Is For Kick – A Soccer Alphabet
J 796.35 HER Herzog H Is For Home Run – A Baseball Alphabet
J 796.72 HER Herzog R Is For Race – A Stock Car Alphabet
J 796.91 BRO Browning A Is For Axel – An Ice Skating Alphabet
J 796.962 NAP Napier Z Is For Zamboni – A Hockey Alphabet
J 797.33 HER Herzog T Is For Touchdown – A Football Alphabet
J 799.1 YOU Young H Is For Hook – A Fishing Alphabet
J 811 ASH Bryan Ashley Bryan’s ABC Of African American
Poetry
J 811 FOR Fortey Dinosaurs’ Alphabet
J 811 HOP Hopkins Alphathoughts
J 811 STE Steig Alpha, Beta, Chowder
J 811 VIO Viorst Alphabet From Z To A
J 811 WEL Wells Christmas Alphabet
J 811 YOU Young R Is For Rhyme – A Poetry Alphabet
J 818 WAL Walton Alphabatty
J 861 ADA Ada Gathering the Sun
J 910 SCI Scillian P Is For Passport – A World Alphabet
J 917.5 CRA Crane S Is For Sunshine – A Florida Alphabet
J 919.8 CHE Chester A For Antarctica
J 943 HEI Heiman Germany ABCs
J 945 COO Cooper Italy ABCs
J 947 BER Berge Russia ABCs
J 951 CRA Crane D Is For Dancing Dragon – A China Alphabet
J 951 SCH Schroeder China ABCs
J 952 HEI Heiman Japan ABCs
J 952 WHE Whelan K Is For Kabuki – A Japan Alphabet
J 954 ABO Abott India ABCs
J 956.94 SCH Schroeder Israel ABCs
J 959.7 ALB Alberti Vietnam ABCs
J 960 MUS Musgrove Ashanti to Zulu
J 960 ONY Onyefulu A Is For Africa
J 962 HEI Heiman Egypt ABCs
J 967.6 HEI Heiman Kenya ABCs
J 970 SHO Shoulders D Is For Drum – A Native American Alphabet
J 971 HAU Haugen Canada ABCs
J 971 ULM Ulmer M Is For Maple
J 972 HEI Heiman Mexico ABCs
J 972 JOH Johnston P Is For Pinata -A Mexico Alphabet
J 973 SAN Sanders D Is For Drinking Gourd -An African American Alphabet
J 973 SCH Schroeder United States ABCs
J 973 SCI Scillian A Is For America
J 973.3 MIN Minor Yankee Doodle America
J 974.1 REY Reynolds L Is For Lobster – A Maine Alphabet
J 974.2 HAR Harris G Is For Granite – A New Hampshire Alphabet
J 974.3 REY Reynolds M Is For Maple Syrup – A Vermont Alphabet
J 974.4 RAV Raven M Is For Mayflower – A Massachusetts
Alphabet
J 974.5 ALL Allio R Is For Rhode Island Red A Rhode Island
Alphabet
J 974.6 GRO Grodin N Is For Nutmeg – A Connecticut Alphabet
J 974.7 BUR Burg E Is For Empire – A New York State Alphabet
J 974.7 MEL Melmed New York, New York! The Big Apple From A
To Z
J 974.8 KAN Kane K Is For Keystone – A Pennsylvania Alphabet
J 974.9 CAM Cameron G Is For Garden State – A New Jersey Alphabet
J 975.1 CRA Crane F Is For First State – A Delaware Alphabet
J 975.2 MEN Menendez B Is For Blue Crab – A Maryland Alphabet
J 975.3 MEL Melmed Capital! Washington D.C. From A To Z
J 975.3 SMI Smith – A Washington, DC Alphabet
J 975.3 ZSC Zschock Journey Around Washington, D.C. From A To Z
J 975.4 RIE Riechle M Is For Mountain State – A West Virginia Alphabet
J 975.5 EDW Edwards O Is For Old Dominion – A Virginia Alphabet
J 975.6 CRA Crane T Is For Tar Heal – A North Carolina Alphabet
J 975.7 CRA Crane P Is For Palmetto – A South Carolina Alphabet
J 975.7 CRA Crane Y Is For Yellowhammer – An Alabama Alphabet
J 975.8 CRA Crane P Is For Peach – A Georgia Alphabet
J 976.2 SHO Shoulders M Is For Magnolia – A Mississippi Alphabet
J 976.3 PRI Prieto P Is For Pelican – A Louisiana Alphabet
J 976.4 BUS Bustard T Is For Texas
J 976.4 CHE Chemerka Alamo From A To Z
J 976.4 CRA Crane L Is For Lonestar – A Texas Alphabet
J 976.4 RIC Rice Texas Alphabet
J 976.4 WAD Wade T Is For Texas
J 976.4351 ROG Rogers ABC San Antonio
J 976.6 SCI Scillian S Is For Sooner – An Oklahoma Alphabet
J 976.7 SHO Shoulders N Is For Natural State – An Arkansas Alphabet
J 976.8 SHO Shoulders V Is For Volunteer – A Tennessee Alphabet
J 976.9 RIE Riehle B Is For Bluegrass – A Kentucky Alphabet
J 977.1 SCH Schonberg B Is For Buckeye – An Ohio Alphabet
J 977.2 REY Reynolds H Is For Hoosier – An Indiana Alphabet
J 977.3 WAR Wargin L Is For Lincoln – An Illinois Alphabet
J 977.4 APP Appleford M Is For Mitten – A Michigan Alphabet
J 977.6 WAR Wargin V Is For Viking – A Minnesota Alphabet
J 977.7 PIE Pierce H Is For Hawkeye – An Iowa Alphabet
J 977.8 YOU Young S Is For Show Me – A Missouri Alphabet
J 978 WHI Whitney B Is For Buckaroo – A Cowboy Alphabet
J 978.1 SCI Scillian S Is For Sunflower – A Kansas Alphabet
J 978.1 WHI Whitney C Is For Centennial – A Colorado Alphabet
J 978.2 SHE Shepherd C Is For Cornhusker – A Nebraska Alphabet
J 978.3 AND Anderson M Is For Mount Rushmore – A South Dakota Alphabet
J 978.4 SAL Salonen P Is For Peace Garden – A North Dakota Alphabet
J 978.6 COL Collard B Is For Big Sky Country – A Montana Alphabet
J 978.9 JAM James E Is For Enchantment – A New Mexico Alphabet
J 978.9 WEA Weaver New Mexico A To Z
J 979.1 GOW Gowan G Is For Grand Canyon- An Arizona Alphabet
J 979.2 HAL Hall A Is For Arches – A Utah Alphabet
J 979.3 COE Coerr S is for Silver – a Nevada Alphabet
J 979.4 DOM Domeniconi G Is For Golden – A California Alphabet
J 979.5 SMI Smith B Is For Beaver – An Oregon Alphabet
J 979.6 STE Steiner P Is For Potato – An Idaho Alphabet
J 979.7 SMI Smith E Is For Evergreen – A Washington Alphabet
J 979.8 CRA Crane L Is For Last Frontier – An Alaska Alphabet
J 993 SCH Schroeder New Zealand ABCs
J 994 HEI Heiman Australia ABCs
J 996.9 GOL Goldsberry A Is For Aloha – A Hawaii Alphabet
DVD
J 372.4 LET Letter Factory
J 372 41 LEA Leapfrog. Letter Factory
J 372.46 LEA Leapfrog. Talking Word Factory
J 372.465 ABE El Abecedario
J 372.6 ANI Animal Alphabet
J 428.1 BAB Baby Learns Alphabet And Phonics
J 649.68 FUN Fundamentals
J 782.42 BAB Baby Boost. Nursery Rhymes
J 782.42 CAN (Spanish) Cantos Y Rimas (song The Alphabet = El Alfabeto)
J 791.43 ALL All-Star Alphabet
J 791.42 ALP Alphabet Jungle Game
J 791.43 ALP Alphabet Soup
J 791.43 BLU Alphabet Power
J 791.43 BRA Brainy Baby. ABCs
J 791.43 ILO Animals
J 791.43 LEA Learning About Letters
J 791.43 MAG Magical Music Express (song – Musical Alphabet)
J 791.43 SPO Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper. Volume 1
(song Alphabet Song)
J 791.43 TWO Two Alphabet Stories By June Sobel B Is For Bulldozer
Shiver Me Letters
J 796.48 HER Herzog G Is For Gold Medal An Olympic Alphabet
J 973 OUR Our Country USA to Z
A Day At The Duck Pond– Enjoy the magical journey as mom & child have a special time as the count from 1-20 on a walk to the duck pond.
Apple Books & Activities -Fun apple books some that explain how apples grow, to apple pies and print.
Beatrix Potter -Celebrated author & illustrator of magical children’s books filled with animals & nature. Writing at it’s best, time proven and children approving stories. A must read addition to every classroom and home.
Audrey Wood -A talented contemporary author and illustrator, who also creates children’s books with her husband Don and son, Bruce. They create beautifully illustrated tales that are fun and whimsical firing the children’s imagination with joy!
Dr.Seuss-The whimsical and ubber talented Dr.Seuss books are unparalleled in their appeal to children. His engaging stories and fun illustrations are still the most popular books on the market today. Be silly and imaginative and learn! Does it get any better 😉
Jan Brett -Beautifully illustrated and magically told stories that will captivate even the wiggliest of children’s imagination. Children’s books at there finest. 38 books and activity sheets. I would also encourage you to incorporate some of her drawing videos during art as she teaches you to draw from shapes. Even if you do not watch the whole video the children capture that from drawing simple shapes they can build on that and create animals. The building blocks for our future artist!