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Encourage children to scribble, draw, paint and participate in fingerplays to get them ready to write!
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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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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Dar Hosta
CONCEPT E HOSTA
Animals introduce the letters of the alphabet with colorful pictures and rhyming text.
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Crockett Johnson
E JOHNSON
Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon.
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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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Eric Litwin
E LITWIN
Pete the Cat gets into colorful adventures while out walking in his new white shoes.
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Jonathan London
E LONDON
Easy-to-read, rhyming text describes the sounds of, and uses for, different kinds of airplanes.
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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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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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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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Jack Pretlusky
J811.54 REA
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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Rob Scotton
HOLIDAY E SCOTTON
Splat the cat has a special valentine for a certain someone in his class.
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Kate Telfeyan
E BOB
Join Bob and the team as they take you through the alphabet from apples to snozzzzzing.
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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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Melanie Watt
E WATT
Chester is thrilled to write his own book.
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Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss
E WERNER
Using different fonts and typefaces, this amazing book features animals created by letters.
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Andrew Zuckerman
J590 ZUC
Zuckerman uses his gorgeous animal photography to introduce the alphabet.
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