ABC Books

ABC Book Template 2.docx

Students can make their own alphabet book. "Poof Book" Video for 1st Grade

Assemble the four pages and nest them together held with a rubber band as shown below:

ABC Book Template 4.docx
ABC Book Template 1.docx
ABC Book Template 3.docx

Read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Video on Youtube

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Song by Weston Woods.


Alphabet Books

  • A is for the Americas by Lee (for geography)
  • A is for Asia by Lee (for geography)
  • A, My Name is Alice by Jane Bayer (read, then sing book)
  • A You're Adorable by Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise and Lippmann (read, then sing book)
  • Accidental Zucchini: An Unexpected Alphabet by Max Grover
  • Albert's Alphabet by Leslie Tryon (for problem-solving, innovation)
  • Alphabet Atlas by Arthur Yorinks (for maps, geography)
  • Alphabet City by Stephen Johnson
  • Animalia by Graeme Base (design alliteration page)
  • Antics! by Cathi Hepworth (teaching book reviews, using reference)
  • Antler, Bear, Canoe: A Northwoods Alphabet Year by Betsy Bowen
  • Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel
  • B is for Bookworm: a Library Alphabet by Anita C. Prieto
  • The Best Alphabet Book in the Wild West by Bennett (find hidden letters)
  • A Big City ABC by Moak (urban/rural distinction)
  • The Butterfly Alphabet by Sandved (symmetry, make butterflies with initial) (make four other butterflies)
  • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin (for rhymes, rhythm)
  • Christmas Alphabet by Sabuda
  • Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables From A to Z by Lois Ehlert
  • Grandmother's Alphabet by Shaw
  • Graphic Alphabet by David Pelletier
  • Jambo Means Hello by Feelings
  • The Letters Are Lost by Ernst (write their version of how letters are lost)
  • Little Critter's: The Trip by Mercer Mayer
  • Look Once, Look Twice by Janet Marshall
  • Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten (make a class book of names)
  • A Mountain Alphabet by Margriet Ruurs
  • On Market Street by Arnold Lobel
  • A Prairie Alphabet by Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet
  • Silly Animal ABC's by Gallup
  • Tomorrow's Alphabet by George Shannon (writing activities)
  • Toot and Puddle's ABC's by Holly Hobbie (for alphabetical order)
  • 26 Letters and 99 Cents by Tana Hoban
  • Weighty Word Book by Levitt, Burger & Guralnick (for thesaurus use)
  • The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg
  • any of the alphabet books by Jerry Pallotta (2)


List From Nancy Keane ATN Reading Lists

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