Alphabet Books

First, learn the alphabet, then turn the book over and count from 1 to 99 using combinations of coins.

Explore the animal world, from aardvark to zebu! Look carefully, because for each letter of the alphabet, one animal is pictured eight times. Why 8? Come inside and find out.

Look for the tiny butterfly in the picture where B bit it. Find the fox on the page where F fought for it.

Mo Willems delivers a smorgasbord of hunger, hubris, regret, and redemption as a Busy Creature hilariously chomps and chews its way from A to P and then to Z.

A is for act--curtains up! B is for blow--pinwheel ready! And C is for catch--butterflies beware!

An alphabet book of woodcuts featuring activities and objects associated with New England farm life, from Apple, Barn, Cow through aX, Yawn, Zinnia.

"Clippety clap clippety clap "A is for Amos and I'm on his back"B for the bumpety bridge we cross"C for the clippety clop of his trot . . . So begins an infectious rhythmic chant that takes a girl on an imaginary adventure on a wonderful horse. The countryside, the animals they see along the way, and a dramatic storm all figure in a story that takes its lead from the progression of the alphabet.

Featuring groups of animals from an army of ants to a herd of zebras, this book takes young children on a wildly imaginative tour through a zany animal kingdom. Each group of animals is described using a collective noun (for example, a skulk of foxes, a nest of vipers, a labor of moles).

This volume presents the wildlife of the American prairie in text and illustrations.

After the flood, Noah calls out of the ark a variety of little-known animals, many of which are now endangered.

A is for angel hair acrobat M is for Macaroni the Magician and T is for Tortellini Trapeze Artist. It's an ABC circus that's good enough to eat!

Here are treasured landmarks, significant events that shaped the nation's development, and also the flora, fauna, and fun things so dear to our hearts.

B is for boy...but in Alison Jay's ABC, B also stands for basket, beehive, and butterfly! Simple in format, with a letter and word on every page and bright paintings of everyday items, ABCis perfect for toddlers.

Discover the alphabet from a bird's-eye view! Using satellite imagery and computer technology, the pair has discovered accidental letters all over the world- in roads, rivers, buildings, lakes, and more. Take a journey around the Earth in 26 letters with this special book.

Learn the ABCs in a new way! What are ABCers? They're Book readers and Friend greeters, Lap sitters and Race runners. When these friends go to the park to play, they sing and giggle, jump and tiptoe all the way from A to Z. Children will love following them throughout their very active day, as well as coming up with all the ABC things that they can do themselves, too! Filled with action, ABCers encourages learning, as well as play.

Children can find many kinds of butterflies throughout the book.

The urban landscape will never look the same again.

Imagine a school. Any school. Be it your school, one from memory, or even a dream school. Then enter and embark on a journey of wonder and delight. Look closely. There's a letter C in the curve of a globe, a little L in the handle of a pencil sharpener, or at recess, a vibrant yellow V in a geodesic climbing dome. Can you find the letters on every page?

An artist's approach to introducing the alphabet Mouse airbrushes the A, buttons the B, carves the C . . . Mouse is hard at work constructing each letter of the alphabet. He dyes the D, erases the E, and folds the F. Mouse works his way right through to Z, constructing an alphabet that surpasses even the wildest artistic imagination.

The letters of the alphabet are transformed and incorporated into twenty-six illustrations, so that the hole in b becomes a balloon and y turns into the head of a yak.

Presents photographs, mixed with paintings, of dogs and cats and such alliterative text as "Freddie fishes for flounder" and "Victoria vacations in Venice" for each letter of the alphabet.

From adoring alligators to zany zebras, the animals in this book are sure to keep you amused with their antics. And look at the acrobats! For they are a talented group indeed. Using only their bodies, these limber contortionists are merrily forming all twenty-six letters of the alphabet. The animals are impressed. You will be, too!

When an apple pie arrives piping hot on the kitchen table, a little pup does everything from A to Z to get his paws on it. He Ogles it. He Pines for it. But will his ABC antics land him a slice? 

Animals sure are noisy! Learn about animal sounds from letters A to Z!

Lift-up flaps reveal the many things there are to learn at school, including numbers, letters of the alphabet, colors, and animals.

B is for Baby. B is for Brother. B is for going to see Baba! Little ones learning about language will love sounding out the words in this playful, vibrantly illustrated story set in West Africa.

What do Prospect Park, Coney Island, and Atlantic Avenue have in common? They are all located in Brooklyn, New York, a magical place where you can listen to jazz music, eat bagels and lox, and sit on the stoop of a brownstone and daydream. Children will recognize aspects of their own neighborhoods in this celebration of urban culture and community.

An assortment of farm animals gathers for a picnic in this alphabet adventure.

Maria Carluccio's playful fashion alphabet celebrates the fun of getting dressed--and getting dressed up! From a sophisticated bow tie to a warm wool hat, this diverse celebration of what we wear from A to Z invites kids to get creative and embrace their own unique style.

Adam avoids accidents. Brianna is busy in the bathroom. Caleb is comfy and clean! Danny and his friends know twenty-six ways to be done with diapers.

Whether it's a kiwi who returns to a boy's shoulder or a little duck who can't sleep, the visions here are relatable to children and rich with possibility.

While teaching upper- and lowercase letters to preschoolers, Ehlert introduces fruits and vegetables from around the world. A glossary at the end provides interesting facts about each food.

The five concepts every child must learn -- shapes, colors, numbers, ABCs, and opposites -- all in one outrageous book of vivacious veggies and fruits.

From a knot of frogs to a watch of nightingales, the book takes the reader on a fascinating journey through the alphabet with animals as their guide, starting with an army of ants, and ending with a zeal of zebras.

Groups of unlikely animals and objects are pictured together in this imaginative and humorous alphabet book.

A full-page illustration of a creature for each letter of the alphabet, including a bumptious baboon, furious fly, ghastly garrulous gargoyle, and quintessential quail.

Amazing rocks, found on a stretch of beach near the author's home, comprise this unique alphabet book. A is for Addition, and there are rocks in the shape of real numbers, too. B is for Bird, and there is a bird rock on a nest with an egg. G is for Ghosts, and there is a host of rocks that look like ghosts! Children and adults alike will pore over these fascinating rocks, and will be inspired collect their own.

Get ready to roll through the alphabet with a jaunty cast of busy little peas. Featuring a range of zippy characters from Acrobat Peas to Zoologist Peas, this delightful picture book highlights a variety of interests, hobbies, and careers--each one themed to a letter of the alphabet--and gives a wonderful sense of the colorful world we live in.

In this wordless book, an industrious mouse creates an entire alphabet out of sticks. Although the building materials are inclined to fall, roll, spring back, topple over, and collapse, with comical results, the mouse perseveres.

From A for apple to Z for zebra, this appealing word and picture book introduces letters of the alphabet and their sounds. Each bold photograph has its own clear label to help very young children learn new words. Choose a tab to discover which words begin with A, B, C . . .

A Ballet Company dances ... across the pages of this sparkling picture book, inviting you behind the scenes and illuminating ballet terms from A to Z. A Ballet Company dances ... for the very youngest of dancers as well as for ballet fans of all ages.

A 2 A little mouse is asleep until a ball suddenly bounces into his home, setting off an epic chase--from A to Z. T

Anything goes in this wordless alphabet book of creative and zany pictures. Each page features a letter of the alphabet in a tableau of things that begin with that letter-people, places, animals, and even actions!

Kids are often told to sit still and be quiet. But Denise Fleming encourages them to shout, shout it out! By taking basic learning concepts like numbers, letters, and colors and putting them on display, she asks kids to shout out what they know--and her readers will be happy to oblige. With bold colors and her unique handmade paper art, Denise Fleming makes learning into a game.

A is for ASTRONAUT, B is for BIRD, and C is for CRAB. Bold and bright, hip and cool, this striking ABC book is like none other: each page teaches children the American Sign Language alphabet through a combination of letters, hand spelling, and adorable illustrations.

Introduces the letters of the alphabet in pictures of objects from Acrobat to Zinnia.

Starting with the simplest images-apples for A, bowls for B, cat for C-Sara Pinto has taken a magical leap in the concept of alphabet books. Each letter has a door, and behind each door the objects arrange and rearrange themselves so that with every letter the picture becomes more complex. Letter by letter, magical scenes unfold inside the room.

"Illustrations and easy-to-read text reveal that while letters of the alphabet resemble each other, each is also unique, as if they, like human beings, are part of the same family."

A dramatic black- and- white presentation of the alphabet in which the three-time Caldecott medalist depicts a mysterious transformation of each letter.

"A" is for the amazing abundance of art in this addictive alphabet book! Fine artist Martina Jirankova-Limbrick fills each page with a playful profusion of objects, characters, shapes, and scenes, each one standing for, starting with, or formed by a featured letter (don't miss the swarm of "b"s flying by a hot-air balloon). An appealing, harlequin-like girl and an acrobatic dog lead a lighthearted journey from A to Z, while a final spread lists words to be found in the artwork, luring readers to return on a search for more hidden surprises.

Every large city is filled with sights and sounds and lots and lots of words. But have you ever looked at the city itself? Are the shapes created by wood, concrete, metal and paint? A keen eye and a little inspiration are all it takes to discover a hidden alphabet among the architecture of a bustling metropolis.

Letters of the alphabet are pictured in various imaginative positions.

This first book about Duke's guinea pigs was a phenomenal success, and for excellent reasons; these critters roll and tumble and clamber everywhere at once, with barely-contained zeal that will bring smiles to all onlookers' faces. By the way, the book also teaches the alphabet.

Presents the handshape for each letter of the American alphabet accompanied by an object whose name begins with that letter.

An alphabet book in which windows open to reveal the letters hidden within each picture.

Long ago all the letters of the alphabet were together in their box, but one by one they disappeared and now the reader helps to find them.

At every turn these letters are full of surprises. Imagine! What other things can you discover hiding in the alphabet?

A sophisticated alphabet book using letters to represent future developments, e.g., A is for seed -- tomorrow's apple.

This alphabet story follows the letter Z as he returns home from work, passing characters which suggest a familiar shape.

Zebra thinks the alphabet should be simple. A is for Apple. B is for Ball. Easy! But his friend Moose is too excited to wait his turn, and when M isn't for Moose (Mouse gets the honor), the rest of the letters better run for cover.