Alphabet & Counting Books

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
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1, 2, 3, Go!
by Huy Voun Lee
from Henry Holt and Company
for Preschool-3rd grade
in China (Location: HISMC-CHI)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
10 Hungry Rabbits
by Anita Lobel
from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
for Nursery-1st grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
A is for America
by Devin Scillian, illustrated by Pam Carroll
1st edition from Sleeping Bear Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
A is for Axel
by Kurt Browning; illustrated by Melanie Rose
1st edition from Sleeping Bear Press
for Preschool-1st grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
ABC Book
Books of Wonder
by C. B. Falls
from William Morrow & Company
for Nursery-1st grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
ABC Bunny
by Wanda Gág
from University of Minnesota
Word Books for 1st-3rd grade
1934 Newbery Honor Book
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$14.95
ABC Doctor
by Liz Murphy
from Chronicle Books
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
ABC of Fashionable Animals
by Cooper Edens, Alexandra Day & Welleran Poltarnees
from Simon and Schuster
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
ABC's of Character
by Tony & Kathy Salerno with Andy Holmes, illustrated by Cesar De Castro
from Magination Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Character Building (Location: BIB-CH)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Alphabet From A to Z
Facsimile from Western Publishing
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Little Golden Books (Location: PIC-GOLD)
$3.50 (1 in stock)
Alphabet Soup
by Scott Gustafson
from Greenwich Workshop Press
Realistic Fiction for Nursery-1st grade
1987 Newbery Medal winner
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
American ABC
by Maud & Miska Petersham
from Macmillan
1942 Caldecott Honor Book
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
Angels' Alphabet
by Hilda Van Stockum
from Bethlehem Books
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
Angry Book
by Robin King
from W. W. Norton and Co.
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$25.00 (1 in stock)
Animal Characters
by Jean Christian Knaff
from Picture Book Studio
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Animalia
by Graeme Base
from Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
for Kindergarten-3rd
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$7.00 (1 in stock)
B is for Badger
by Kathy-jo Wargin, illustrated by Renée Graef
1st edition from Sleeping Bear Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
B is for Beaver
by Marie & Roland Smith, illustrated by Michael Roydon
from Sleeping Bear Press
for nursery-3rd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$18.99 $8.50 (1 in stock)
Book of the Sandman and the Alphabet of Sleep
by Wil Huygen, Illustrated by Rien Poortvliet
from Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Brambleberrys Animal Book of Big & Small Shapes
Brambleberrys Animal Book
by Marianna Mayer, illustrated by Gerald McDermott
from Boyds Mill Press
Word Books for Nursery-Kindergarten
Brambleberrys Animal Book of Colors
Brambleberrys Animal Book
by Marianna Mayer, illustrated by Gerald McDermott
from Boyds Mill Press
Word Books for Nursery-Kindergarten
Bushels of Bears
by Sue Hegarty, illustrated by Alice Shaw
from Zon International
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
C Is for Centennial
by Louise Doak Whitney, illustrated by Helle Urban
1st edition from Sleeping Bear Press
for Kindergarten-4th grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
Caribou Alphabet
by Mary Beth Owens
from Dog Ear Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$3.00 (1 in stock)
Christmas Alphabet
by Robert Sabuda
from Orchard Books
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Christmas & Advent (Location: HOLIDAY)
$11.00 (1 in stock)
Christmas Cat
by Efner Tudor Holmes, Tasha Tudor (Illustrator)
from HarperCollins
Realistic Animal Stories for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
City Seen from A to Z
by Rachel Isadora
from Greenwillow Books
for Nursery-1st grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
Click, Clack, Splish, Splash
by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
from Scholastic Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
Count to 10 with a Mouse
by Margaret Wise Brown
from Parragon Publishing
for Preschool-1st grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
D is for Down Under
Discover the World
by Devin Scillian, illustrated by Geoff Cook
1st Printing from Sleeping Bear Press
for 1st-3rd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
D is for Drinking Gourd
by written by Nancy I. Sanders; illustrated by E. B. Lewis
from Sleeping Bear Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
Dick King-Smith's Animal Friends
by Dick King-Smith, Anita Jeram (Illustrator)
from Candlewick Press
Realistic Animal Stories for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Dilly-Dally and the Nine Secrets
by Elizabeth MacDonald, Illustrated by Ken Brown
from Dutton Children's Books
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Doodling Dragons
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$15.00
Dr. Seuss's 123
by Dr. Seuss
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
Dr. Seuss's ABC
by Dr. Seuss
from Random House Books for Young Readers
for Kindergarten-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$9.99
E Is for Ethiopia
World Alphabets
by Ashenafi Gudeta, Dama Boru, Betelhem Abate, Ataklti Mulu
from Frances Lincoln
for 1st-3rd grade
in Africa (Location: HISMC-AFR)
Each Orange Has 8 Slices
by Paul Giganti, Jr.
1st edition from Greenwillow Books
for Grades 1st-4th
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
EyeLike Letters
from Play Bac
for Preschool-2nd grade
$6.00 (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)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
From One to Ten and Back Again
by Ken Wagner
from Golden Books
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
G is for Golden
by David Domeniconi, illustrated by Pam Carroll
1st edition from Sleeping Bear Press
for Preschool-1st grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
God Counts
by Irene Sun
from New Growth Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
Golden Heart of Winter
by Marilyn Singer, Robert Rayevsky (Illustrator)
First Edition from Morrow Junior Books
Fantasy for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Gyo Fujikawa's A to Z Picture Book
from Sterling Publishing Co.
for Preschool-1st grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
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)
$9.99 $5.00 (2 in stock)
Hebrew Alphabet Book
by Avi Margalit, illustrator
from Funk & Wagnalls
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$35.00 (1 in stock)
In a Pumpkin Shell
by Joan Walsh Anglund
from Harcourt, Brace & World
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$18.00 (1 in stock)
Knitting Knights
2nd edition from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$15.00
Letters of the West
by Michelle E. Walch & John Maddin, illustrated by John Maddin
First Ediition
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
Little Alphabet
Books of Wonder
by Trina Schart Hyman
from William Morrow & Company
for Nursery-Kindergarten
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
M is for Magnolia
by Michael Shoulders, illustrated by Rick Anderson
1st edition from Sleeping Bear Press
for Preeschool-1st grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
M is for Maple
by Mike Ulmer, illustrated by Melanie Rose
from Sleeping Bear Press
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
M&M's Counting Book
by Barbara Barbieri McGrath
from Charlesbridge
for Preschool-Kindergarten
in Math Picture Books (Location: MATR-PIC)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
Mary Poppins from A to Z
by P. L. Travers
from HMH Books for Young Readers
for 4th-7th grade
in Fantasy Fiction (Location: FIC-FAN)
$16.99
Mary Poppins from A to Z
by P. L. Travers, illustrated by Mary Shepard
from Harcourt, Brace & World
for 4th-7th grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
My ABC Bible Verses from the Psalms
by Susan Hunt, Richie Hunt
from Crossway Books
for Nursery-1st grade
in Bible Study & Reference for Kids (Location: BIB-STU)
$12.79
My Big Golden Counting Book
by Lillian Moore, illustrated by Garth Williams
1978 Printing from Golden Press
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Vintage Picture Books (Location: VIN-PIC)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
My First Counting Book
by Lilian Moore
from Golden Books
for Nursery-Kindergarten
in Little Golden Books (Location: PIC-GOLD)
$2.50 (2 in stock)
N is for Natural State
by Michael Shoulders, illustrated by Rick Anderson
1st edition from Sleeping Bear Press
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
Nine Ducks Nine
by Sarah Hayes
from Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
Nine in a Line
by Ann Kirn, Arabic captions by Leila Leonard
from W. W. Norton and Co.
for Preschool-1st grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
No, David!
by David Shannon
from Scholastic Inc.
Word Books for Preschool-2nd grade
1999 Caldecott Honor Book
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Once Upon an Alphabet
by Oliver Jeffers
First Edition from Philomel Books
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$26.99
One Little Blueberry
by Tammi Salzano
from Me Media
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
One Was Johnny
by Maurice Sendak
from Harper & Row
for Nursery-1st grade
in Vintage Fiction & Literature (Location: VIN-FIC)
Only One Woof
by James Herriot, illustrated by Peter Barrett
from St. Martin's Press
Realistic Animal Stories for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Over on a Mountain Somewhere in the World
by Marianne Berkes, illustrated by Jill Dubin
from Dawn Publications
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$5.00 (1 in stock)
P Is For Palmetto
by Carol Crane, illustrated by Mary Whyte
1st edition from Sleeping Bear Press
for Preschool-1st grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
P is for Passport
Discover the World
by Devin Scillian
from Sleeping Bear Press
for 1st-3rd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
P is for Pterodactyl
by Raj Haldar and Chris Carpenter, illustrated by Maria Tina Beddia
from Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
Pierrot's ABC Garden
by Anita Lobel
from Golden Books
for Preeschool-1st grade
in Little Golden Books (Location: PIC-GOLD)
$1.50 (1 in stock)
Pigs from 1 to 10
by Arthur Geisert
from Houghton Mifflin
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
Pigs from A to Z
by Arthur Geisert
from Houghton Mifflin
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$6.00 (1 in stock)
Put Me In the Zoo
by Robert Lopshire
Book Club Edition from Random House
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Beginner Books (Location: EAR-BB)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Richard Scarry's ABC Word Book
by Richard Scarry
from Sterling Publishing Co.
for Preschool- 3rd Grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
Richard Scarry's Best Counting Book Ever
by Richard Scarry
from Sterling Publishing Co.
for Nursery-1st grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
Room for Everyone
by Naaz Khan, illustrated by Merce Lopez
from Atheneum
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Picture Books (Location: PICTURE)
$17.99
S is for S'mores
by Helen Foster James, illustrated by Lita Judge
from Sleeping Bear Press
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$8.00 (1 in stock)
S is for Salmon
by Hannah Viano
from Sasquatch Books
for Nursery-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
S Is For Sooner
by Devin Scillian, illustrated by Kandy Radzinski
1st edition from Sleeping Bear Press
for Preschool-1st grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
Story of Appleby Capple
by Anne Parrish
from HarperCollins
1951 Newbery Honor Book
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
T is for Tar Heel
by Carol Crane, illustrated by Gary Palmer
1st edition from Sleeping Bear Press
for 1st-4th grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
T is for Tugboat
by Shoshanna Kirk & Sara Gillingham
from Chronicle Books
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
The Ultimate Alphabet
by Mike Wilks
from Henry Holt and Company
for Kindergarten-3rd grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
$10.00 (1 in stock)
V is for Volunteer
by Michael Shoulders, illustrated by Bruce Langton
from Sleeping Bear Press
for Preschool-1st grade
in Alphabet & Counting Books (Location: PIC-ALPH)
Whistling Whales
from Logic of English, Inc.
for Preschool-2nd grade
in Logic of English (Location: PHO-LOE)
$14.99
World of Wonders
by Eileen Doolittle
from Houghton Mifflin
for Grades 1st-3rd
in Clearance: Math (Location: ZCLE-MAT)
$3.00 (1 in stock)