Concept Books

Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet in Spanish and English by Alma Flor Ada [bilingual text]

Read Anything Good Lately? by Susan Allen

Naughty Little Monkeys by Jim Aylesworth

Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth

The Animal ABC by Leslie Baker

Girls A to Z by Eve Bunting

Word Play ABC by Heather Cahoon 

ABC, I Like Me! By Nancy Carlson                                                                

The Hullabaloo ABC by Beverly Cleary

The Cowboy ABC by Chris Demarest

Dog's ABC:  A Silly Story about the Alphabet by Emma Dodd

Alligator Arrived with Apples: A Potluck Alphabet Feast by Crescent Dragonwagon

The Wacky Wedding: A Book of Alphabet Antics by Pamela Edwards

The Turn-Around, Upside-Down Alphabet Book by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming

The Racecar Alphabet by Brian Floca

Appaloosa Zebra:  A Horse Lover's Alphabet by Jessie Haas

26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban

I Love the Alphabet by Dar Hosta

Alfie’s ABC by Shirley Hughes

A, B, See! by Marilyn Janovitz

ABC:  A Child's First Alphabet Book by Alison Jay

Alphabet City by Stephen Johnson

ABC Animal Riddles by Susan Joyce 

Alphabeasts by Dick King-Smith

Miss Spider’s ABC by David Kirk

An Edward Lear Alphabet by Edward Lear

A New Nonsense Alphabet by Edward Lear

K is for Kitten by Nikia Leopold

Alison’s Zinnia by Anita Lobel  

Animal Antics:  A to Z by Anita Lobel

Away from Home by Anita Lobel

On Market Street by Arnold Lobel

Achoo! Bang! Crash!:  The Noisy Alphabet by Ross MacDonald

Edward Lear's A Was Once an Apple Pie by Suse MacDonald

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr.

Annie, Bea and Chi Chi Dolores: A School Day Alphabet by Donna Maurer

SuperHero ABC by Bob McLeod

The City ABC Book by Zoran Milich 

Alphabet Fiesta:  An English/Spanish Alphabet Story by Anne Miranda [bilingual text]

Everything to Spend the Night – From A to Z by Ann Whitford Paul 

The Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier

Miss Hindy’s Cats by Helena Clare Pittman

G is for Goat by Patricia Polocco

A Peaceable Kingdom: The Shaker Abcedarius by Alice Provensen

Talk to Me about the Alphabet by Chris Raschka

Kindergarten ABC by Jacqueline Rogers

A Big and Little Alphabet by Liz Rosenberg

Alligators All Around by Maurice Sendak

Found Alphabet by Ramon Shindler

Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate

"A" Apple Pie by Gennady Spirin

Albert’s Alphabet by Leslie Tryon

The Z was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg

Senor Felipe's Alphabet Adventure:  El Alfabeto Espanol by Sharon Vargo [bilingual text]

Alphabet House by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace

So Many Bunnies: A Bedtime ABC and Counting Book by Rick Walton

Brian Wildsmith’s ABC by Brian Wildsmith

George Paints His House by Francine Bassede 

Kitten Red, Yellow, Blue by Peter Catalanotto

Freight Train by Donald Crews

Marcos Colors: Red, Yellow, Blue / Rojo, Amarillo, Azul by Tomie dePaola [bilingual text]

Dog’s Colorful Day: A Messy Story about Colors and Counting by Emma Dodd

Flyaway Katie by Polly Dunbar

Warthogs Paint:  A Messy Color Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Lunch by Denise Fleming

One, Some, Many by Marthe Jocelyn

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. [available in Spanish]

Growing Colors by Bruce McMillan

Chidi Only Likes Blue:  An African Book of Colors by Ifeoma Onyefulu

What Does Bunny See? by Linda Sue Park

A Rainbow All Around Me by Sandra L. Pinkney

Spicy Hot Colors / Colores Picantes by Sherry Shahan [bilingual text]

White is for Blueberry by George Shannon

What Color is Nature? by Stephen Swinburne

Red is a Dragon by Roseanne Thong

The Deep Blue Sea by Audrey Wood

Rain Dance by Kathi Appelt

How Many Kisses Do You Want Tonight? by Varsha Bajaj

Quack and Count by Keith Baker

Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker

Ten, Nine, Eight by Mollie Bang

The Water Hole by Graeme Base

Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown

10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

One Little Mouse by Dori Chaconas

What's Cookin'?:  A Happy Birthday Counting Book by Nancy Coffelt

Click, Clack, Splish, Splash:  A Counting Adventure by Doreen Cronin

One Big Building:  A Counting Book about Construction by Michael Dahl

Marcos Counts:  One, Two, Three / Uno, Dos, Tres by Tomie dePaola [bilingual text]

Roar! A Noisy Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Olivia Counts by Ian Falconer

Feast for Ten by Cathryn Falwell

Know What I Saw? by Aileen Fisher

One Rainy Day by Valeri Gorbachev

Ten Little Bears: A Counting Rhyme by Kathleen Hague

Curious George Learns to Count from 1 to 100 by Anna Grossnickle Hines

When the Moon Smiled by Pat Horacek

Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins

One, Some, Many by Marthe Jocelyn

Raindrop, Plop! by Wendy Cheyette Lewison

Look Whooo’s Counting by Suse MacDonald

Chicka Chicka 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin, Jr.

The Cheerios Counting Book by Barbara McGrath

The Baseball Counting Book by Barbara McGrath

Ten Red Apples by Virginia Miller

Mouse by Mouse:  A Counting Adventure by Julia Noonan

Construction Countdown by K.C. Olson

Emeka’s Gift: An African Counting Story by Ifeoma Onyefulu

Ten Little Sleepyheads by Elizabeth Provost

Willy Can Count! by Anne Rockwell

Ten Sleepy Sheep by Phyllis Root

Mi Amor Por Ti / My Love For You by Susan Roth [bilingual text]

1, 2, I Love You by Alice Schertle

Quiet Night by Marilyn Singer

Waving:  A Counting Book by Peter Sis

One is a Drummer:  A Book of Numbers by Roseanne Thong

One Tiger Growls: A Counting Book of Animal Sounds by Ginger Wadsworth

Over in the Meadow:  A Counting Rhyme by Olive A. Wadsworth

So Many Bunnies: A Bedtime ABC and Counting Book by Rick Walton

Dinnertime! by Sue Williams

Over in the Grasslands by Anna Wilson

Animal Antics from 1 to 10 by David Wojtowycz

Hide & Seek by Janet S. Wong

Ten Little Fish by Audrey Wood 

How Do Dinosaurs Count to Ten? by Jane Yolen

Puppies in the Snow by James Young

A Dozen Ducklings Lost and Found by Harriet Ziefert

Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone

Magda's Tortillas / Las Tortillas de Magda by Becky Chavarria-Chairez [bilingual text]

What is Round? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich

What is a Triangle? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich

My Very First Look at Shapes by Christiane Gunzi

Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban

So Many Circles, So Many Squares by Tana Hoban

One, Some, Many by Marthe Jocelyn

Museum Shapes by the Metropolitan Museum of Art

I Spy Shapes in Art by Lucy Micklethwait

A Triangle for Adaora:  An African Book of Shapes by Ifeoma Onyefulu

Shapes by Sara Pistoia

A Star in My Orange by Dana Meachen Rau

Round and Square by Miriam Schlein

Shapes by Howard Shooter

Round is a Mooncake by Roseanne Thong

Baby Snake's Shapes by Neecy Twinem [available in Spanish]

Shapes / Las Formas [bilingual text]