Kids and Families

What a Concept: Picture Books for Preschoolers

Alphabet | Counting | Colors | Size and Shape | Opposites

Alphabet

• Dragonwagon, Crescent. Alligator Arrived with Apples.
• Hughes, Shirley. Lucy and Tom's ABC.
• Kitamura, Satoshi. What's Inside?: The Alphabet Book.
• Kitchen, Bert. Animal Alphabet.
• Phillips, Tamara. Daycare ABC.
• Rankin, Laura. The Handmade Alphabet.
• Sardegna, Jill. K Is for Kiss Goodnight.

Counting

• Bang, Molly. Ten, Nine, Eight.
• Ehlert, Lois. Fish Eyes.
• Ernst, Lisa Campbell. Up to Ten and Down Again.
• Magee, Doug. Trucks You Can Count On.
• Noll, Sally. Off and Counting.
• O'Keefe, Susan Heyboer. One Hungry Monster.
• Pomerantz, Charlotte. One Duck, Another Duck.
• Tafuri, Nancy. Who's Counting?

Colors

• Caines, Jeannette. I Need a Lunch Box.
• Konigsburg, E. L. Samuel Todd's Book of Great Colors.
• Martin, Bill. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
• Serfozo, Mary. Who Said Red?
• Spinelli, Eileen. If You Want to Find Golden.
• Walsh, Ellen Stoll. Mouse Paint.

Size and Shape

• Barton, Byron. The Three Bears.
• Henkes, Kevin. The Biggest Boy.
• Hoban, Tana. Shapes, Shapes, Shapes.
• Hughes, Shirley. All Shapes and Sizes.
• Kalan, Robert. Blue Sea.
• McKinnon, Debbie. What Shape?
• McMillan, Bruce. Fire Engine Shapes.

Opposites

• Allen, Jonathan. Up the Steps, Down the Slide.
• Hoban, Tana. Exactly the Opposite.
• Hughes, Shirley. Bathwater's Hot.
• Lankford, Mary D. Is It Dark? Is It Light?
• McMillan, Bruce. Dry or Wet?
• Rubenstein, Gillian. Dog In, Cat Out.

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