Education Resource Area: Picture books

These hundred books The alphabets repro­duced here are included in their entirety, many of them in color, and are grouped thematically under such topics as nature, animals, and farm life.

A newly illustrated version of Shaker's "Animal Rhymes," first published in 1882.

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur turns his sharp eye to the noble alphabet and imagines what life would be like without these twenty-six little--but powerful--letters. Packed with humor and subtle wit, the verse in this captivating picture book is splendidly matched by Caldecott Medal winner

While teaching upper- and lowercase letters to preschoolers, Ehlert introduces fruits and vegetables from around the world.

B is for boy...but in Alison Jay's ABC, B also stands for basket, beehive, and butterfly! Simple in format, with a letter and word on every page and bright paintings of everyday items, ABCis perfect for toddlers.

The AlphaKids are the twenty-six children featured in the ALPHAKIDS ALPHABET BOOK.

A single lovingly written, playfully illustrated book introduces children to both the alphabet and the library, through wonderfully descriptive, alliterative language.

A is for Automobiles, machines on wheels. B is for Belts turning, fuel burning, the buzz and bark of engines. C is for Curves and crowds and cars, of course.

Presenting the hippest alphabet book ever! A hoppin', swinging, clip-clop-ringing, bebop-singing romp through the letters that will keep your toes tapping all the way from alley cat to zoot suit.

Chicka chick boom boom! Will there be enough room? There is always enough room for this rolicking alphabet chant that is been a children's favorite for over 20 years! Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault's rhythmic rhymes and Caldecott Honor illustrator Lois Ehlert's bold, cheerful art has made the Chicka Chicka series a classic!

A 1996 Caldecott Honor book, this sophisticated, wordless alphabet book is sure to appeal to young and old alike.

Letters of the alphabet are pictured in various imaginative positions.

Clever cautionary poems, raucously illustrated, about 26 children you?d rather read about than meet. grade 1 and up

2-5

K and up

Beetles from A to Z are crawling all over this book.

Bert Kitchen's beautiful and delicate paintings of the twenty-six animals which make up this book are hypnotising and compelling.

This familiar favorite in Jerry Pallotta's best-selling alphabet book series takes you underwater to explore the coral reef. From Angelfish to Zebra Pipefish, an alphabet of amazing tropical creatures leads us through this important ecological system.

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Providing descriptive annotations of the best children's picture books published in the last decade, this comprehensive overview is perfect for librarians, teachers, parents, daycare providers, and anyone who works with young children.

A Multimodal Analysis of Picture Books for Children goes beyond the relation between the representation of reality and language alone; instead, it aims to analyze the intersemiosis between verbal and visual elements in a sample of nine picture books.

Can you tell how many cherries there are? How many apples?

Mother animals instruct their little ones to stretch, scratch, or snuggle as the reader counts the babies while wandering through farm, forest, and fields.

"A single hole in the road causes considerable commotion in this clever counting book."

In this unusual and entertaining counting book, ten pig siblings embark on new adventures.

A large-format counting book that also involves a school story as bunnies, cats, pigs, & other animals go about a series of imaginative activities.

A beautiful children's counting book, in the Swahili language. Mount Kilimanjaro, coffee trees, clothing, musical instruments, market stalls and animals are some of the facets of African life illustrated by Tom Feelings. His magnificent, full-page drawings throb with East African life. A handsome book that can expand a child's world. A Caldecott Honor Book.

The numbers are on the loose--hiding and dancing, skipping and laughing through the rhymes of Mother Goose!

The little wooden couple are happy in their building-block house -- until it catches fire. The solution?

A surprise for the youngest child from Eric Carle! Get swept away on a high seas voyage of discovery with 10 little rubber ducks as they float to all parts of the globe, and learn about numbers, directions, and animals. Pre K-1

Introduces rain forest plants and animals, such as orchids, jaguars, and snakes, while teaching the concept of counting to ten.