Alphabet Books By Theme

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

Art and Music

• A is for Artist: a Getty Museum Alphabet (1997)
An alphabet books illustrated with details taken from paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum.
• The ABC Mystery by Doug Cushman (1993)
An alphabetical list of people, objects, and clues leads Inspector McGroom to a stolen work of art.
• ABCs of Art by Julie Aigner-Clark (2002)
• The Alphabet by Monique Felix (1993)
A mouse trapped in a book discovers the letters of the alphabet.
• Arches to Zigzags: an Architecture ABC by Michael Crosbie (1997)
A rhyming alphabet of architectural elements, from arches and doors to I-beams, mantels, and urns.
• The Artful Alphabet by Martina Jirankova-Limbrick (2003)
Illustrations representing each letter of the alphabet reveal a variety of objects for the reader to identify.
• The City ABC Book by Zoran Milich (2001)
• City Seen from A to Z by Rachel Isadora (1983)
Twenty-six black-and-white drawings of scenes of city life suggest words beginning with each letter of the alphabet.
• Eight Hands Round: a Patchwork Alphabet by Ann Whitford Paul (1991)
Introduces the letters of the alphabet with names of early American patchwork quilt patterns and explains the origins of the designs by describing the activity or occupation they derive from.
• I Spy: an Alphabet in Art by Lucy Micklethwait (1992)
Presents objects for the letters of the alphabet through paintings by such artists as Magritte, Picasso, Botticelli, and Vermeer.
• The Jazzy Alphabet by Sherry Shahan (2002)
The jazzy alphabet boogies and sings, making hot, cool, pizzazzy street-jammin' jazz.
• M is for Music by Kathleen Krull (2003)
An alphabet book introducing musical terms, from allegro to zarzuela.
• Museum ABC (2002)
• On Your Toes: a Ballet ABC by Rachel Isadora (2003)
Each letter of the alphabet is represented by an illustration of a ballet-related word.