Alphabet Books By Theme

This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Children's Services Staff, 8/08 

Cats and Dogs

• Clifford's ABC by Norman Bridwell (1983)
• Dog's ABC: a Silly Story About the Alphabet by Emma Dodd (2002)
"Dog is back and into as much trouble as ever. The clumsy canine finds an alphabet's worth of adventure as he patrols his neighborhood..."
• Jeremy Kooloo by Tim Mahurin (1995)
One word for each letter of the alphabet tells the simple story about the antics of A Big Cat.
• K is for Kitten by Nikia Leopold (2002)
A rhyming alphabet book which follows a kitten named Rosie from the alley in which she is found to the "ZZzzs" she enjoys with the family that gives her a home.
• Mrs McTats and her Houseful of Cats by Alyssa Satin Capucilli (2001)
A woman with a single cat named Abner makes room for twenty-four more cats and a puppy she names Zoom.
• Snoopy's ABC's by Charles Schulz (1987)
Characters from the Peanuts comic strip illustrate words from A to Z, beginning with an angry Lucy and ending with "Zz" from a sleeping Snoopy.
• Walk the Dog by Bob Barner (2000)
Introduces twenty-six different breeds of dogs and their many canine activities as it takes the readers through the alphabet.
• What Pete Ate from A-Z by Maira Kalman (2001)
In this alphabet book, a child relates some of the unusual things eaten by Pete the dog, including an accordion, a lucky quarter, and Uncle Norman's underpants.