Alphabet Books By Theme

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

Kids, Family, and Friends

• ABC for You and Me by Margaret Girnis (2000)
Photographs show children with Down syndrome in activities with objects corresponding to the letters of the alphabet.
• ABC Kids by Laura Williams (2000)
Presents one object, person, or animal for each letter of the alphabet, from an apple to a zipper.
• ABC, I Like Me by Nancy Carlson (1997)
An alphabet book that explores self-esteem.
• Alfie's ABC by Shirley Hughes (1998)
An alphabet book using Alfie and his sister Annie Rose to illustrate the letters from A to Z.
• Alphababies by Kim Golding (1998)
Rhyming text and illustrations of babies in various settings present the letters of the alphabet.
• The Bouncing, Dancing, Galloping ABC by Charlotte Doyle (2006)
Presents an ABC of action words starring energetic children who climb, hop, and zoom their way through the alphabet.
• The Human Alphabet (2005)
An alphabet made of people -- here are the 26 familiar letters of the alphabet and images to illustrate them, each made with ingenious grips, bends and twists of the human form.
• The Wonders of Me from A to Z by Bobbie Kalman (1998)
Each letter of the alphabet introduces a brief discussion of a word that has something to do with human development, relationships, or self-concept, such as body, imagination, and quarrels.