Children's Books
All of these resources are in the JUVENILE Collection (5S)
All the Awake Animals Are Almost Asleep by Call Number: PZ8.3.D77 All 2012ISBN: 9780316070454Publication Date: 2012-10-02Illustrations and rhyming text portray an alphabet of animals as they prepare to go to sleep
Alphabet City by Call Number: PE1155 .J645 1995ISBN: 0670856312Publication Date: 1995-10-01Photographs of objects in an urban setting present the letters of the alphabet
Alpha Oops! by Call Number: PZ7.K835518 Alp 2006ISBN: 9780763627287Publication Date: 2006-07-25Chaos ensues when Z thinks that its time for him to go first in the alphabet for a change
An Annoying ABC by Call Number: PZ7.B6586 Ann 2011ISBN: 9780375867088Publication Date: 2011-09-13When Adelaide annoys Bailey, their entire preschool class gets upset, one child after another, until Zelda zaps Adelaide and a round of apologies begins
Antics! by Call Number: PE1155 .H47 1992ISBN: 0399218629Publication Date: 1992-06-03Alphabet entries from A to Z all have an 'ant' somewhere in the word, such as E for Enchanter, P for Pantaloons, S for Santa Claus, and Y for Your Ant Yetta
The Dangerous Alphabet by Call Number: PZ8.3.G12138 Dan 2008ISBN: 9780060783334Publication Date: 2008-04-29A is for Always, that's where we embark . . . Two children, treasure map in hand, and their pet gazelle sneak past their father, out of their house, and into a world beneath the city, where monsters and pirates roam. Will they find the treasure? Will they make it out alive? The Dangerous Alphabet is a tale of adventure, piracy, danger, and heroism told in twenty-six alphabetical lines--although even the alphabet is not to be relied upon here. A delightfully dangerous journey from national bestselling author Neil Gaiman and the monstrously talented Gris Grimly, The Dangerous Alphabet is sure to captivate and chill young readers.
E-Mergency! by Call Number: PZ7.L592 Eam 2011ISBN: 9780811878982Publication Date: 2011-10-19The letter E has fallen and injured herself-- which letters will replace her and how will words be spelled without her?
How Rocket Learned to Read by Call Number: PZ7.H563737 Ho 2010ISBN: 9780375858994Publication Date: 2010-07-27A little yellow bird teaches Rocket the dog how to read by first introducing him to the "wondrous, mighty, gorgeous alphabet."
Operation Alphabet by Call Number: PZ7 .M13868 2011ISBN: 9780500515846Publication Date: 2011-10-24Charlie has just started school and is finding it a challenge to learn about the alphabet. Agents from the Ministry of Letters assign the Special Alphabet Service to assist Charlie in learning about the alphabet and reading
To Do by Call Number: Archives & Special Collections PS3537.T323 T6 2011ISBN: 9780300170979Publication Date: 2011-05-31"Alphabets and names make games and everybody has a name and all the same they have in a way to have a birthday," muses Gertrude Stein in To Do: A Book of Alphabets and Birthdays . Written in 1940 and intended as a follow-up to her children's book The World Is Round , published the previous year, To Do is a fanciful journey through the alphabet.
Walter Was Worried by Call Number: PZ7.S4514 Wal 2006ISBN: 9781596431966Publication Date: 2006-08-22Children's faces, with features depicted by letters of the alphabet, express a range of emotions in response to the onset of a storm and its aftermath. Accompanied by simple, alliterative text
Z Is for Moose by Call Number: PZ7.B51175 Zai 2012ISBN: 9780060799847Publication Date: 2012-02-28Moose, terribly eager to play his part in the alphabet book his friend Zebra is putting together, then awfully disappointed when his letter passes, behaves rather badly until Zebra finds a spot for him
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