Alphabet picture books

     Alphabet picture books are great when working with your children on early literacy skills because it helps children with letter knowledge, print awareness, vocabulary and other skills based on how you use the book. To add to the experience, when reading an alphabet picture book try and ask open ended questions about what they think will happen in the book and you can aid their narrative skills as well. Make the experience fun and that will increase there print motivation and help to instill a life long love of reading.
     The following are some reviews of various Alphabet picture books.
     Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack is written by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin. This alphabetical animal adventure provides words for each letter of the alphabet as the reader follows animals on their way to a picnic gathering. You go from Animals awake to the mandatory snooze after a big meal, ZZZZ. The cute watercolor pictures that adorn the pages are sure to please even the youngest of readers.
     ABC Now You See Me is written and illustrated by Kim Siebold. This lift the flap alphabet book is great for young children just starting their quest for reading and understanding letters. Each letter corresponds with one type of animal. There is a picture of an Alligator with an A beside it then when you lift the A flap you see what kind of animal it is. I wasn't sure about N where they chose to use Newt which is apparently an aquatic amphibian and also X where they chose to use X-ray fish. Kudos to Siebold for finding an animal to go with each letter and I love the plump little round animals. This is a fun book that allows the parent or caregiver to ask questions of their children and help them learn their letters.
     B Is for Bulldozer A Construction ABC is written by June Sobel and illustrated by Melizza Iwai. This alphabet picture book is great for any young one, but a child interested in construction equipment and big working vehicles will especially love this book. The book is about a theme park being constructed and all the work it takes to get the park up and running. The colorful pictures and theme park theme are sure to delight.
     P Is for Princess: A book of first words and ABC's is a Disney Princess book. This alphabet picture book is ideal for those little ones who love princesses. Each of the board book pages represents a letter and that letter is kind of cute out so kids can trace the letter with their finger and the letter also has arrows and numbers indicating how to write the letter. Then on each page there are flaps exposing those items on the page that begin with the letter of the page. The illustrations are of commonly know Disney princesses so children can identify with the characters as well.
      Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten is written by Joseph Slate and illustrated by Ashley Wolff. This warm picture book is about the first day of kindergarten and Wolff and Slate illustrate what each child is doing on their way to their first kindergarten class all the while showing what Miss Bindergarten is doing in order to prepare for her kindergarten class. There's not only alphabet practice on each page but rhymes as well making this a really fun and flowing read.