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Kindle me a riddle: A pioneer story

Karm, Roberta

Jack, Constance, Mama, and Papa play a riddling game which helps them understand life on the frontier. Their riddles are about their log cabin, food, icehouse, candles, and baskets.

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alphabet, bee, bodies of water, cabin, critical thinking, duck, family, fire, neighbors, pioneers, pond, school, sewing, sheep, teaching, transportation, verbal communication, wagon

I spy an alphabet in art

Micklethwait, Lucy

Twenty-six paintings from the world's greatest museums contain objects in them that correspond with letters A to Z.

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alphabet, appreciation, art, critical thinking, museum, sequence

Letters and 99 cents

Hoban, Tana

Photographs of letters, numbers, and coins help to introduce the alphabet and how to count some common amounts of money.

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alphabet, counting, money, numbers, photograph, sequence

Alfe-bet: A hebrew alphabet book

Edwards, Michelle

This book displays the Hebrew alphabet with Hebrew letters and English sounds.

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alphabet, hebrew, Jewish, multicultural, sequence

The guinea pig abc

Duke, Kate

Each letter of the alphabet is illustrated by a word which applies to guinea pigs.

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alphabet, animals, assertiveness, guinea pig, sequence

A little girl packs her bag full of things she will need for an overnight at her grandparents. She brings, snacks, toys, clothes, a toothbrush, and many other things A through Z. She does forget one very important thing, her pajamas. She borrows some from her grandfather and says I love you!

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alphabet, animals, bedtime, body parts, cat, clothing, dancing, exercise, family, five senses, food, games, grandparents, imagination, love, music, night, nutrition, pretend, rhyme, teeth, toys

A - my name is alice

Bayer, Jane

From Alice the ape to Theresa the turkey, exotic animals unite for a unique alphabet. Look out for Winifred Wolf and Fifi Fox -- or even Zelda the Zebra from Zambia!These words can be part of a hopscotch game.

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alphabet, animals, ape, bear, birds, duck, exercise, games, play, rhinoceros, tiger, turkey

Oscar de mejo's abc

de Mejo, Oscar

The alphabet is brought to life in colorful illustrations of patriotic words. The history and culture of American life influences the representation of each of the letters of the alphabet.

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alphabet, baseball, christmas, dancing, exercise, fourth of july, history, holidays, independence, kite, sequence, skating, sports

Shout! Shout it out!

Fleming, Denise

Children love to shout and show what they know, so let them do both! A mouse demonstrates to children how to identify numbers, letters, animals, and modes of transportation.

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alphabet, animals, bee, birds, boat, bus, car, cat, chicken, colors, cow, dog, duck, fly, goat, hamster, horse, identification, insects, letters, numbers, pig, rabbit, sheep, train, transportation, truck, verbal communication

Martha blah blah

Meddaugh, Susan

A dog Martha has the ability to speak when she eats alphabet soup. But when the soup company starts using only half the letters in the soup to save money, Martha can't say what she wants. Afraid of what will happen to her, Martha confronts the owner of the company who agrees to put all the letters back in.

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alphabet, animals, assertiveness, conflict resolution, coping, critical thinking, dog, family, fear, feelings, food, happiness, nonverbal communication, pride, sadness, self esteem, speech, stress management, verbal communication

A child's treasury of nursery rhymes

Denton, Kady MacDonald

A collection of nursery rhymes provides children with rhyming skills and patterns. Over 100 nursery rhymes are remembered through illustrations, songs, and verse.

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african american, alphabet, animals, baby, cat, chinese, cow, dancing, Days of The Week, duck, exercise, family, french, goose, market, multicultural, parents, poetry, rhyme, rhythm, royalty, running, sequence, sheep, sounds, spanish, whale

The abc's of asthma: An asthma alphabet book for kids of all ages

Gosselin, Kim

Having asthma is never easy. Come learn the basics of asthma through the alphabet: A is for asthma, B is for bronchial tubes, C is for can't catch, and D is for dust mites.

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acceptance, allergies, alphabet, asthma, colors, confidence, diseases, doctor, exercise, family, health, hospital, medicine, prevention, self confidence, self esteem, sequence, stereotypes

The city country a b c

Walters, M.

A child locates items alphabetically in a city and country as he takes a walk.

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alphabet, community, critical thinking, decision making, exercise, nature, sequence, walking

The ark in the attic: An alphabet adventure

Doolittle, Eileen

The character visits an attic and collects things that go with each letter of the alphabet. It is fun to see how many exciting things that are locked away and waiting to be discovered.

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alphabet, art, collection, critical thinking, decision making, discovery, fantasy, goal setting, imagination, sequence, verbal communication

A is for Africa

Owoo, Ifr

The country of Africa is explored from A to Z. Africa has a rich culture, many customs, and hardworking people that have lasted throughout history.

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african, alphabet, assertiveness, customs, equality, food, freedom, multicultural, nutrition

Complete adventures of curious george

Rey, Al//Rey, H.A.

A compilation of Curious George stories show his adventures which range from getting a job, riding a bike, getting a medal, flying a kite, learning the alphabet, and going to the hospital.

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alphabet, animals, balloon, bicycle, boat, bodies of water, books, circus, conflict resolution, curiosity, decision making, doctor, elephant, emotions, fire, hospital, kite, letters, monkey, newspaper, river, sequence, symbols, verbal communication, work, writing

Autumn: An alphabet acrostic

Schnur, Steven

The autumn season is described using the alphabet. From apple cider to weather, each letter of the alphabet describes what happens from September to December.

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acrostic, alphabet, animals, autumn, barn, birds, cat, colors, concepts, farm, food, fox, holidays, horse, mouse, nutrition, owl, plants, quilt, seasons, sequence, sleep, snow, squirrel, thanksgiving, weather

The graphic alphabet

Pelletier, David

Come take a trip from A to Z. Each letter is drawn to represent a whole word. These wonderful pictures bring out each letter in its own way!

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alphabet, art, concepts, critical thinking, devils, fire, images, mountains, quilt, sequence, vampires

On market street

Lobel, Arnold

A little boy goes to the market to buy gifts for his friend. He buys gifts that begin with each letter of the alphabet. The market is rich with colorful foods.

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alphabet, colors, food, giving, kindness, nutrition, presents, sequence

My name is_____: A game of letters and their sounds

Muehl, Lois Baker

For each letter of the alphabet, there is a child whose name starts with the same letter. The children describe what they want to be one day. Each occupation and description uses the same letter as their name.

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alphabet, careers, letters, rhyme, sequence

The wildlife 123: A nature counting book

Thornhill, Jan

Through the use of beautiful animals and wildlife, children learn how to count with numbers and words. The sequence is 1-20, 25, 50, 100, and 1000 Nature notes describe the animals in great deal at the end of the book.

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alphabet, animals, birds, counting, fish, insects, nature, numbers, sequence

Old black fly

Aylesworth, Jim

An old black fly bothers a crazy mixed-up family by flying around and interrupting every aspect of their lives. The fly progresses through the alphabet by landing first on an apple pie, a baby, cookies, then a dog.

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alphabet, animals, baby, birds, birthday, cat, clothing, concepts, death, dog, family, fly, food, grandparents, insects, nutrition, parents, parrot, seasons, sequence, summer

Animal action abc

Pandell, Karen

Come work out with the animals while you learn your ABCs. See all the kids stretching, reaching, crawling, and moving just like the cats, bears, elephants, and whales that are pictured nearby.

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activities, alphabet, amphibians, animals, birds, crane, duck, elephant, exercise, frog, giraffe, hippopotamus, kangaroo, nonverbal communication, penguin, sequence, tiger, whale, wolf

Alphabet city

Johnson, Stephen T

Would you like to look for letters of the alphabet in these paintings?(Wordless Book)

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alphabet, art, letters, nonverbal communication, sequence

Peter rabbit's abc

Potter, Beatrix

Illustrations from Beatrix Potter's stories form the basis for this alphabet story of letters.

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alphabet, amphibians, animals, bee, birds, cat, duck, food, fox, frog, insects, letters, mouse, nutrition, pig, rabbit

Pigs from a to z

Geisert, Arthur

Seven pigs are trying to build the perfect tree house. Throughout the book, the reader must find seven pigs, 5 forms of a letter, the letter before it, and the letter after it.

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alphabet, animals, assertiveness, family, goal setting, pig, play, sequence, shelter, siblings, woods

Alphabet zoo

Holmes, S.

Can you find a cow, bread, eggs, and honey in the picture?This book goes from A-Z and each letter has several foods, animals, and other items hidden that begin with that letter.

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alphabet, animals, food, nutrition, sequence

A is for...?

Horenstein, Henry

Each letter of the alphabet is represented with a partial picture of an animal that begins with that letter. (A Wordless Book).

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alphabet, animals, author's note, birds, duck, elephant, giraffe, horse, letters, monkey, ostrich, parrot, photograph, quail, sequence, turtle, vulture, zebra

Martha and skits

Meddaugh, Susan

The whole family, including Martha, the talking dog, is excited when Skits arrives. Skits is a young and mischievious dog. As he grows, the family thinks that it is time to give him alphabet soup so he will be able to talk. However, it doesn't have the same effect on Skits as it did on Martha. At first everyone is sad, especially Skits, until they discover his other talents.

The everything book

Fleming, Denise

An educational book with a little bit of everything from nursery rhymes to counting plus colors, fruits, seasons, alphabet, and animals.

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alphabet, animals, autumn, birds, bluejay, body parts, cardinal, cat, chicken, colors, counting, cow, dog, feelings, firefly, fish, food, fruit, guinea pig, insects, morning, night, nutrition, pets, poetry, rabbit, robin, seasons, sequence, shapes, sizes, sparrow, spring, summer, toys, train, transportation, winter

Miss Bindergarten gets ready for kindergarten

Slate, Joseph

An alphabet of animal students get ready for kindergarten and so does their teacher Miss Bindergarten. There are many activities and tasks for each student to do before arriving at school to hear Good morning, Kindergarten!

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alphabet, animals, biking, bus, clothing, disability, exercise, food, fun, health, jumping, morning, rhyme, routine, school, sequence, teeth, toys, transportation

Alligator arrived with apples: A potluck alphabet feast

Dragonwagon, Crescent

It is a Thanksgiving feast and animals from all the letters of the alphabet bring all kinds of food to the potluck. The alligator brings apples, a bear brings bread and butter, and the cat comes with cherry cobbler.

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alphabet, animals, celebration, food, holidays, nutrition, rhyme, sequence, thanksgiving

The scrambled states of america

Keller, Laurie

The fifty states decide to hold a party so that they can meet the other states in the country. The states decide that they are bored with their places on the map and want to switch to new locations. At first, everything is new and exciting, but eventually the states realize where they really belong.

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alphabet, american, assertiveness, bodies of water, boredom, colors, counting, critical thinking, dancing, feelings, food, friendship, geography, goal setting, maps, morning, music, nutrition, party, shapes, storytelling, verbal communication, weather

Pierrot's abc garden

Lobel, Anita

Pierrot is a lonely clown who decides to visit his friend, Pierrette. He decides to get a basket and take her several things from his garden. Each item begins with a different letter from the alphabet.

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alphabet, clowns, dreams, food, garden, goal setting, happiness, loneliness, nonverbal communication, nutrition, picnic, pig, reunion, sequence, sheep, stress management, verbal communication, zebra

A cake for herbie

Mathers, Petra

Lottie's friend Herbie loves to use words in a poetic and unique way, but it takes special friends to understand how special he is. Will Herbie come up with the prize winning poem in the contest in order to win a delicious cake?

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alphabet, challenges, competition, cooking, encouragement, food, friendship, goal setting, market, poetry, rhyme, shopping, spelling, writing

The z was zapped

Van Allsburg, Chris

This is an alphabet book that takes each letter and uses a verb to make something happen to it.

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alphabet, sequence

A nonsense alphabet

Lear, Edward

This book consists of alphabet rhymes for each letter of the alphabet, accompanied by colorful illustrations.

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alphabet, rhyme, sequence

A apple pie

Greenaway, Kate

This alphabet book discusses several actions that are done with an apple pie (e.g., I jumped for it).

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alphabet, assertiveness, food, nutrition, sequence, verbal communication

The ark in the attic

Doolittle, Eileen

This is an alphabet book has beautiful pictures in which each item in the photo start with the letter.

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alphabet, critical thinking, decision making, sequence

Anno's alphabet

Anno, Mitsumasa

In this alphabet book, one page has the letter, and the corresponding page has a picture of something that begins with that letter.

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alphabet, concepts, sequence

Alphabet soup: A feast of letters

Gustafson, Scott

Otter has a housewarming party and invites twenty-six friends to create a potluck soup. Each animal and a food represents a letter from the alphabet. For example, N-Newt was a nearby neighbor, who brought a net full of ninety-nine noodles.

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alphabet, animals, celebration, community, food, neighbors, nutrition, party, sequence

X marks the spot

Felder, Eleanor

The letter X is very versatile and is seen in several situations as well as in the alphabet. This book sights examples of different places in every day life where X is seen and used.

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alphabet, assertiveness, critical thinking, nonverbal communication, sequence

A caribou alphabet

Owen, Mary Beth

An alphabet describes the lives and adventures of caribou from winter through spring.

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alphabet, animals, bodies of water, bull, cow, plants, reindeer, river, seasons, sequence, snow, spring, weather, winter

Chicka chicka boom boom

Martin, Bill Jr.

The alphabet is depicted through a rhyming text and colorful pictures.

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alphabet, rhyme

If there were still dreams to sell

Lalicki, Barbara

Each letter of the alphabet is accompanied by a poem or a phrase that emphasizes that letter.

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alphabet, rhyme, sequence

ABC pop!

Isadora, Rachel

D is for dancer, and E is for egg, but F stands for frog and fly on the same page. Some letters in this alphabet book have four or more images of different colors and textures. Which one is your favorite?

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alphabet, art, letters, nonverbal communication, sequence, word association

Easy as pie: A guessing game of sayings

Folsom, Marcia//Folsom, Michael

Each letter of the alphabet has several pages devoted to it. There are also a variety of sayings to learn.

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alphabet, critical thinking, letters, rhyme

Annie, bea, and chi chi dolores

Mauber, Donna

Learn different words to go with the letters of the alphabet

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alphabet, learning, nonverbal communication, school, word association

The alphabet from z to a

Viorst, Judith

This cute poem takes the reader from z to a in reverse order to teach the alphabet.

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alphabet, learning, letters, nonverbal communication, poetry, rhyme, sequence, sounds, verbal communication

B is for buckeye: An ohio alphabet

Schonberg, Marcia

From A to Z, various facts about Ohio are given. Each letter of the alphabet represents past and present symbols and accomplishments of the state of Ohio. Johnny Appleseed, eight presidents, Quaker Oats, and the Underground Railroad are all associated with Ohio.

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airplane, alphabet, animals, astronaut, beach, bee, birds, bodies of water, butterfly, cardinal, cow, deer, exploration, farm, garden, history, insects, inventions, ladybug, lake, recreation, rocks, sequence, ship, space, squirrel, transportation, underground railroad, war, zoo

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