Encourage children to scribble, draw, paint and participate in fingerplays to get them ready to write!

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Old Black Fly
Jim Aylesworth

E AYLESWORTH

Rhyming text and illustrations follow a mischievous old black fly through the alphabet as he has a very busy bad day landing where he should not be.


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Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z
Lois Ehlert

CONCEPT E EHLERT

“How much of the alphabet can you eat? Come and join an alphabetical tour through the world of fruits and vegetables”—P. 4 of cover.


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I Love the Alphabet
Dar Hosta

CONCEPT E HOSTA

Animals introduce the letters of the alphabet with colorful pictures and rhyming text.


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Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson

E JOHNSON

Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon.


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P is for Pinata: A Mexico Alphabet
Tony Johnston

J972 JOH

“Using the alphabet, Mexico is introduced in this picture book using poetry and detailed expository text. A through Z topics include: adobe, Diego Rivera, Lady of Guadalupe, lava, prickly pear, and skeleton”—Provided by publisher.


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Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
Eric Litwin

E LITWIN

Pete the Cat gets into colorful adventures while out walking in his new white shoes.


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A Plane Goes Ka-Zoom!
Jonathan London

E LONDON

Easy-to-read, rhyming text describes the sounds of, and uses for, different kinds of airplanes.


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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin Jr.,John Archambault

E MARTIN

An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.


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Kittens! Kittens! Kittens!
Susan Meyers

E MEYERS

Illustrations and rhyming text portray kittens as they go from nestling newborns to proud, independent, and ready to have kittens of their own.


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Write On, Carlos!
Stuart J. Murphy

CONCEPT E MURPHY

With his mother’s help, Carlos learns to write his name, as some of his friends can do.


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Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme
Jack Pretlusky

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Segmented into ten subjects, a collection of “poemstarts” provides amusing beginnings to a series of poems and challenges readers to complete the tale in their own special way, enhanced with large text and bold illustrations.


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Love, Splat!
Rob Scotton

HOLIDAY E SCOTTON

Splat the cat has a special valentine for a certain someone in his class.


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Bob's A to Z Word Book
Kate Telfeyan

E BOB

Join Bob and the team as they take you through the alphabet from apples to snozzzzzing.


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Moose on the Loose
Kathy-Jo Wargin

E WARGIN

Rhyming text poses a series of questions about how the reader would deal with a moose that is on the loose, in the yard, in the house, or taking a bath.


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Chester's Masterpiece
Melanie Watt

E WATT

Chester is thrilled to write his own book.


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Alphabeasties: And Other Amazing Types
Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss

E WERNER

Using different fonts and typefaces, this amazing book features animals created by letters.


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Creature ABC
Andrew Zuckerman

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Zuckerman uses his gorgeous animal photography to introduce the alphabet.


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