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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 is One by Tasha Tudor from Little Simon for Nursery-Preschool 1957 Caldecott Honor Book in Board Books (Location: PIC-BOARD) $7.64
	A is for Annabelle A Doll's Alphabet by Tasha Tudor from Aladdin Paperbacks for Nursery-Preschool in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $6.79
	ABC Book by C. B. Falls from Dover Publications for Nursery-1st grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $6.79
	Alphabet Book by P. D. Eastman from Random House Books for Young Readers for Nursery-Kindergarten in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $5.09
	Amazing Animal Alphabet by Brian Wildsmith from Star Bright for Nursery-Kindergarten in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	Animals in the Zoo by Feodor Rojankovsky from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for Nursery-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $7.20 (1 in stock)
	B is for Beaver An Oregon Alphabet by Marie & Roland Smith, illustrated by Michael Roydon from Sleeping Bear Press for nursery-3rd grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $16.14 $6.80 (1 in stock)
	B is for Bluegrass A Kentucky Alphabet Discover America State-by-State by Mary Ann McCabe Riehle, illustrated by Wes Burgiss from Sleeping Bear Press for nursery-3rd grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $6.80 (1 in stock)
	Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr., John Archambault Reprint from Aladdin Paperbacks for Nursery-Kindergarten in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $7.64
	Christmas Alphabet Deluxe Anniversary Edition by Robert Sabuda from Orchard Books for Nursery-2nd grade in Christmas & Advent (Location: HOLIDAY) $11.00 (1 in stock)
	Circus Numbers A Counting Book by Rodney Peppe Revised from Delacorte Press for Nursery-2nd grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $2.40 (1 in stock)
	City Seen from A to Z by Rachel Isadora from Greenwillow Books for Nursery-1st grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $6.40 (1 in stock)
	Farmer's Dozen by Sandra Joanne Russell Stated First Edition from Harper & Row for Nursery-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	Frog Alphabet Book by Jerry Pallotta from Charlesbridge for Nursery-Kindergarten in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $2.40 (1 in stock)
	Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb Bright & Early Books by Al Perkins from Random House Books for Young Readers for Nursery-Kindergarten in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB) $8.49
	Hosie's Alphabet by Hosea, Tobias and Lisa Baskin, illustrated by Leonard Baskin from Viking Press for Nursery-2nd grade 1973 Caldecott Honor Book in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $6.40 (1 in stock)
	How Much is a Million? by David M. Schwartz, Steven Kellogg from HarperCollins for Nursery-2nd grade in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $7.64
	Illustrated Comic Alphabet by Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon from Henry Z. Walck, Inc. for Nursery-2nd grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $4.80 (1 in stock)
	In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming from Henry Holt and Company Word Books for Nursery-Kindergarten 1994 Caldecott Honor Book in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE) $2.40 (2 in stock)
	My First Counting Book by Lilian Moore from Golden Books for Nursery-Kindergarten in Little Golden Books (Location: PIC-GOLD) $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Once Upon an Alphabet Short Stories for All the Letters by Oliver Jeffers First Edition from Philomel Books for Nursery-2nd grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $22.94
	One Duck Stuck by Phyllus Root & Jane Chapman from Candlewick Press for Nursery-1st grade in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC) $6.79
	One Was Johnny A Counting Book by Maurice Sendak from Harper & Row for Nursery-1st grade in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $9.60 (1 in stock)
	Pockets Whitman Tell-A-Tale #2534 by Lucy Ozone from Western Publishing for Nursery-Kindergarten in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC) $20.00 (1 in stock)
	Pride & Prejudice: A BabyLit Counting Primer Little Miss Austen BabyLit by Alison Oliver, Jennifer Adams from Gibbs M. Smith for Nursery-Preschool in Board Books (Location: PIC-BOARD) $8.49
	R is for Railway An Industrial Revolution Alphabet by Greg Paprocki Brdbk from Gibbs M. Smith for Nursery-Kindergarten in Board Books (Location: PIC-BOARD) $8.49
	Richard Scarry's Best Counting Book Ever by Richard Scarry from Golden Books for Nursery-1st grade in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER) $15.29
	S is for S'mores A Camping Alphabet by Helen Foster James, illustrated by Lita Judge from Sleeping Bear Press for Nursery-2nd grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $6.40 (1 in stock)
	Teddy Bear ABC by Laura Rinkle Johnson, illustrated by Margaret Landers Sanford from Green Tiger Press for Nursery-2nd grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $3.20 (1 in stock)
	Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews from Greenwillow Books for Nursery-1st grade in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH) $4.00 (1 in stock)
	V is for Vittles A Wild West Alphabet by Greg Paprocki Brdbk from Gibbs M. Smith for Nursery-Preschool in Board Books (Location: PIC-BOARD) $11.04

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