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An Abstract Alphabet is a remarkable journey of discovery about art and language through painting, collage, and sculpture by Caldecott Honor artist Stephen T. Johnson Liz says: “This book is a must!” |
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An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree. Liz says: “An all-time favorite, this little alphabet book is filled with rhythm, color and great fun.” |
| “Perhaps the greatest concept book writer/illustrator to date, Hoban has published more than 110 books. This is just a sampling. Each book presents a concept through photographs or simple illustrations. These are proof that learning is fun.” |
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Black on White Black illustrations against a white background depict such objects as an elephant, butterfly, and leaf. |
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White on Black White illustrations against a black background depict such objects as a horse, baby bottle, and sailboat. |
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Black & White Contains white illustrations against black backgrounds and black illustrations against white backgrounds that depict objects such as an elephant, butterfly, leaf, horse, baby bottle, and sailboat. |
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Who Are They? Black silhouettes against white background depict different mother animals and their young, from one sheep to five ducks. |
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What is That? White silhouttes against a black background depict such objects as a pacifier, stroller, balloon, and chair. |
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1, 2, 3 Two shoes, five fingers, ten toes–these are some of the familiar objects presented to be counted. |
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Red, blue, yellow shoe Photographs of common objects with the color of each object printed below introduce the reader to colors. |
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What Is It? Simple objects for the reader to identify are shown, without text, in color photographs on each page. |
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Olivia the pig demonstrates a series of opposites in her uniquely dramatic style. Liz says: “Olivia, the most endearing pig of all time, appears in these delightful concept books to teach the youngest kids their earliest lessons for numbers and letters.” |
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Olivia the pig introduces the numbers one through ten in her uniquely dramatic style. Liz says: “Olivia, the most endearing pig of all time, appears in these delightful concept books to teach the youngest kids their earliest lessons for numbers and letters.” |
| Ehlert’s books are innovative, colorful and fun. Kids love them and so do adults. |
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Color Farm The rooster, dog, sheep, cow, pig, and other animals on a farm are made up of colorful shapes such as square, circle, rectangle, and triangle. Features die-cut pages. |
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Color Zoo Introduces colors and shapes with illustrations of shapes on die-cut pages that form animal faces when placed on top of one another. |
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Growing Vegetable Soup A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup. |
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Planting a Rainbow A mother and child plant a rainbow of flowers in the family garden. |
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Eating the Alphabet An alphabetical tour of the world of fruits and vegetables, from apricot and artichoke to yam and zucchini. |
| Eric Carle is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the publication of The Hungry Caterpillar, one of his most popular books. Carle is consistently wonderful; each of his books is a little gem with simple rhythmic text and innovatively engaging illustrations. If you’re ever in Amherst, MA, be sure to stop by the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. |
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From Head to Toe Board Book Encourages the reader to exercise by following the movements of various animals. |
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Eric Carle’s Opposites Colorful illustrations and simple text introduce young readers to opposites. |
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10 Little Rubber Ducks When a storm strikes a cargo ship, ten rubber ducks are tossed overboard and swept off in ten different directions. The rubber duck’s squeak is reproduced at the end of the book. Based on a factual incident. |
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Follows the progress of a hungry little caterpillar as he eats his way through a varied and very large quantity of food until, full at last, he forms a cocoon around himself and goes to sleep. Die-cut pages illustrate what the caterpillar ate on successive days. |
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My Very First Book of Numbers Pages are divided into upper and lower half leaves, with separate illustrations on each half leaf. Split pages create a matching game in which young children are challenged to pair illustrations with corresponding numbers. |
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My Very First Book of Colors Pages are divided into upper and lower half leaves, with separate illustrations on each half leaf. Split pages create a matching game in which young children are challenged to pair illustrations with corresponding colors. |
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My Very First Book of Shapes Pages are divided into upper and lower half leaves, with separate illustrations on each half leaf. Split pages create a matching game in which young children are challenged to pair illustrations with corresponding shapes. |
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1, 2, 3 to the Zoo Each car on the train has one more zoo animal than the one before, from the first car with an elephant to the last with ten birds. |
| “Boynton’s playful texts and illustrations are simply delightful. She is an extremely prolific author/illustrator particularly for the youngest children. Be sure to check out some of her other titles. One interesting note is that Boynton was, and occasionally still is, a greeting card designer. Her most successful card is the one that says, “Hippo Birdie Two Ewes”. |
| Olivia the pig demonstrates a series of opposites in her uniquely dramatic style. |
| A simple, jazzy text with simple, jazzy textures. |
| Rhyming text and illustrations of animals introduce the numbers one through ten. |
