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Abecedaria, Part 2

March 21, 2023October 19, 2022 by Heidi Hammond and Gail Nordstrom

Not all alphabet books are for the purpose of early literacy, nor do they meet the criteria for traditional alphabet books ... Still others are thematically connected, as are the following Caldecott Honor ABC books.

Abecedaria, Part 1

October 19, 2022July 19, 2022 by Heidi Hammond and Gail Nordstrom

Traditionally, alphabet books, or abecedaria, serve as beginning literacy instruction for babies and young children to promote letter, sound, and word development. But, greater potential than instruction exists in this form of picture books.

A to Zåäö

September 15, 2020December 17, 2019 by Vicki Palmquist

A to Zåäö is an alphabet book, a museum exhibit catalog, an introduction to the Swedish language, and a picture book illustrated by a mother's watercolors and her son's pen-and-ink drawings.

Sleeping Bear Press

March 7, 2021November 27, 2019 by Nancy Bo Flood

A is for Alphabet! Sleeping Bear Press is known for their intriguing and informational alphabet books. But Sleeping Bear also produces a variety of both nonfiction and fiction books for readers young and not so young.

The Christmas Alphabet

December 29, 2018December 6, 2018 by Melanie Heuiser Hill

When our kids were small and we were building our Christmas book collection, the night on which we brought out the holiday books that had been in storage since the previous year was always a very special night. With #1 Son, this was but a handful of books at first; but once we added Darling Daughter to the family, and St.… more

The Human Alphabet

March 13, 2018February 15, 2018 by Melanie Heuiser Hill

At my local library, a couple of weeks ago, I flipped through the books that were for sale by the Friends of the Library. These are mostly books that have been removed from the shelves for one reason or another. The kids’ books cost $.50—fifty cents, people! I’ve found some great ones in these bins. The find this time: Pilobolus Dance Company’s The Human Alphabet.… more

August Shorts

August 17, 2016 by Vicki Palmquist

Warning: There’s a lot of enthusiasm ahead for these books! Where Do Pants Go?
Written by Rebecca Van Slyke, illustrated by Chris Robertson
Sterling Children’s Books, 2016 Well, this is just adorable … and I can already hear households throughout the English-speaking world chanting: “Where do pants go? On your arms? No. On your neck? No. No, no, no. Pants go on your legs, that’s where pants go.”… more

Abecedaria, Part 2

Abecedaria, Part 1

A to Zåäö

Sleeping Bear Press

The Christmas Alphabet

The Human Alphabet

August Shorts

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