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Numbers and letters are the building blocks of all education. Students would never learn differential calculus if they weren't first taught to count, and they wouldn't read The Brothers Karamazov if they didn't know their ABCs long before. It stands to reason, then, that if we want to raise children who actually enjoy learning, we'll do our best to make their first steps on that path fun and exciting.

What could be more exciting than a dinosaur for every letter of the alphabet? or three bipedal animals teaching basic counting? or showing kids how to count from one to ten....in Swahili? Some of the best children's illustrators have supplied artwork for books like these, so that young readers are actually learning to identify numerals and letters while absorbing beautiful and engaging pictures.

Some titles are even more educational than just teaching the basics—a series from Sleeping Bear Press offers stunningly illustrated "state alphabets" which teach kids each letter A-Z through U.S. state-specific words and phrases. For example, T is for Tar-Heel is a North Carolina alphabet; B is for Beaver State uses Oregon words. We don't carry them all yet, but there's an alphabet book for each of the fifty states.

We really don't think kids should be committed to learning simply because it's fun. There are times in anyone's academic career (whether as a kindergartner or graduate student) when learning is difficult and a drudgery. But we're more likely to end up with children who enjoy picking up a book or completing a math lesson if we make it a positive experience from the outset—the books in this category can help toward that end.

Review by C. Hollis Crossman
C. Hollis Crossman used to be a child. Now he's a husband and father who loves church, good food, and weird stuff. He might be a mythical creature, but he's definitely not a centaur. Read more of his reviews here.

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	1,2,3 To the Zoo A Counting Book by Eric Carle Reprint from PaperStar Books for Nursery-1st grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
	A is for Africa by Ifeoma Onyefulu Reprint from Puffin Books for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
	ABC Book by C. B. Falls from Dover Publications for Nursery-1st grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $7.99
	ABC of Canada by Kim Bellefontaine Reprint from Kids Can Press for Preschool-1st grade in Canada (Location: HISMC-CAN)
	Alphabatics by Suse MacDonald Reprint from Aladdin Paperbacks for Nursery-1st grade 1987 Caldecott Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson from Puffin Books for Nursery-2nd grade 1996 Caldecott Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	Animalia by Graeme Base from Puffin Books for Kindergarten-3rd in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $8.99
	Australia ABCs A Book About the People and Places of Australia Country ABCs by Sarah Heiman from Picture Window Books for 1st-3rd grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
	Count Your Way Through Germany by Jim Haskins from Carolrhoda Books, Inc. for Preschool-2nd grade in German (Location: FL-GEN)
	Count Your Way Through Israel by James Haskins from First Avenue Editions for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Ancient Israel (Location: HISW-ANIS)
	Count Your Way Through Japan by Jim Haskins from Carolrhoda Books, Inc. for Kindergarten-3rd grade in Japanese (Location: FL-GEN)
	Curious George Learns the Alphabet by H. A. Rey from Houghton Mifflin Animal Fantasy for Preschool-1st grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $7.99
	Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert from Voyager Paperbacks for Preschool-1st grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Animal Fantasy for Preschool-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	From Akebu to Zapotec A Book of Bibleless Peoples by June Hathersmith from Wycliffe Bible Translators for Preschool-2nd grade in Church History for Kids (Location: XCH-KID) $6.00 (3 in stock)
	G is for Goat by Patricia Polacco from Puffin Books for Preschool-2nd grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $7.99
	How Much is a Million? by David M. Schwartz, Steven Kellogg from HarperCollins for Nursery-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $8.99
	I is for India by Prodeepta Das Revised edition from Frances Lincoln for 1st-3rd grade in India (Location: HISMC-IND)
	Jambo Means Hello Swahili Alphabet Book by Muriel Feelings, Tom Feelings (Illustrator) from Puffin Books Alphabet Books for Preschool-1st grade 1975 Caldecott Honor Book in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $8.99
	K Is for Korea by Hyechong Cheung First Trade Paper Edition from Frances Lincoln for 1st-3rd grade in Asia (Location: HISMC-ASIA)
	M is for Maple A Canadian Alphabet by Michael Ulmer from Unknown Publisher for 1st-3rd grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
	Moja Means One Swahili Counting Book by Muriel Feelings, Tom Feelings from Puffin Books for Preschool-1st grade 1972 Caldecott Honor Book in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
	Mountain Alphabet by Andrew Kiss, Margriet Ruurs from Tundra Books (NY) for Preschool-1st grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
	Mysterious Tadpole by Steven Kellog from Puffin Books Word Books for Preschool-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
	On Market Street by Arnold Lobel & Anita Lobel from Greenwillow Books for Preschool- 3rd Grade 1982 Caldecott Honor Book in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
	One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims by B.G. Hennessy 1st ptg thus from Puffin Books for 1st-3rd grade in Pilgrims at Plymouth (Location: HISA-17PIL)
	Russia ABCs by Ann Berge from Picture Window Books for Preschool-2nd grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
	We All Went On Safari A Counting Journey Through Tanzania by Laurie Krebs Reprint from Barefoot Books for Preschool-1st grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $9.99
	Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats from Puffin Books Word Books for Preschool-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $6.99
	Yucky Reptile Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta, Illustrated by Ralph Masiello from Charlesbridge for Preschool-1st grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)

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