3rd Set of 20 Books

The theme this week is counting books and concept books. Books for early literacy can include teaching new concepts as well as early literacy skills. Here are some good recommendations.

Follow the Money by Loreen Leedy
Follow the Money illustrates mathematical concepts using money in a fun, day-in-the-life of a quarter adventure. Follow a quarter as it moves from person to person, place to place, going places only a quarter could go. Children will learn addition, subtraction, the names of money, and monetary value. Quick reference pages at the back of the book include, Who Needs Money, Money in the United States, and Money Words providing interesting facts. A great book for grade school aged children who are curious about money.

My Colors/ Mis Colores by Rebecca Emberley
Learn the names of colors in English and in Spanish in the delightful My Colors/Mis Colores. The book is a wonderful way to teach baby how to recognize colors while promoting the use of Spanish, as well. The left page is covered in a specific color with the English and Spanish name on top and the right page depicts an object of that color with the name in English and Spanish. A great way to encourage color word name recognition, the book is meant for a younger audience from infant to toddler.

Arithmetickle: An even number of odd riddle-rhymes by J. Patrick Lewis
Arithmetickle is book full of fun and entertaining mathematical riddles. Children and adults will enjoy trying to solve the amusing math riddles together. The book contains eighteen riddles with enjoyable illustrations accompanying each math problem and the answers to each on the bottom of the page. Be sure to have a piece of paper and pencil on stand-by, although these riddles are fun to solve, they are definitely meant for grade school age kids.

Color Farm by Lois Ehlert
The rooster turns into a duck, the duck turns into a chicken, the chicken turns into something new, each time you turn the page you discover a new animal made up of new shapes. Color Farm is a great way for children to learn the names of shapes, animals, and colors. The book is creative and entertaining meant for young audiences from infant to toddler, children will want this one read to them again and again.

Kindergarten Countdown by Anna Jane Hays
Children will learn the days of the week and how to count in the book Kindergarten Countdown. An excited young girl counts down from Monday to her first day of Kindergarten in just seven days. Kindergarten Countdown is a rhyming story children are sure to enjoy and relate to.

Uh-Oh! By Rachel Isadora
Follow baby as baby learns new words and gets into some mischief in this wonderfully illustrated book by Rachel Isadora. Uh-Oh! will have baby and caregivers relating to that fantastic word and the trouble baby can get into. The book is meant for infants to toddlers.

Just a Minute by Yuyi Morales
A Pura Belpre’ Award winner, Just a Minute is a wonderful trickster tale of abuela, Grandma Beetle, outsmarting death, Senor Calavera. An entertaining and creative story, Grandma Beetle keeps too busy preparing for a party to leave with Senor Calavera and in the end everyone is happy. A wonderful way to encourage learning numbers in English and Spanish, adults and children will enjoy this great story.

Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, and Spheres by Tana Hoban
Cubes, Cones, Cylinders and Spheres is a photographic collection of these shapes found in looking at everyday objects. Children will enjoy finding the cubes, cones, cylinders and spheres located in the pictures and learn their shapes in the meantime. There are no words to the book encouraging children to look and learn for themselves.

Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett
As cute and sweet as the title implies, Orange Pear Apple Bear is a wonderful book children will enjoy. The beautiful watercolor and charcoal illustrations and the story are delightful and engaging. Children will learn the different concepts presented in the four words, orange pear apple bear. The book is for younger children ages infant to toddler.

Look at You: A baby body book by Kathy Henderson
Baby learns everything about baby body parts, what baby can do, and how baby feels in Look at You. Caregivers and babies will enjoy reading this book together. Babies love seeing other babies and this book shows just how much babies can do.

Ten, Nine, Eight by Molly Bang
Count down from ten in the Caldecott award winning story, Ten, Nine, Eight. A warmly illustrated book counts down from ten of items in a child’s bedtime routine and brings you to the end with one big girl ready for bed. Children from infant to grade school age will enjoy this award winning book.

Blue Goose by Nancy Tafuri
Follow Blue Goose, Red Hen, Yellow Chick and White Duck as the paint the farmyard different colors. Children will learn the names of colors and how colors are created by blending two different colors together. Children will enjoy watching the characters of the book coloring the story to a conclusion. The book is for children toddlers to early grade school.

How Many Blue Birds Flew Away? By Paul Giganti, Jr.
How Many Blue Birds Flew Away is a child’s counting book with a twist. How many are there, how many were there and how many more than are the questions posed in each illustrated scene. This book is a fun way to learn simple math of adding, subtracting, and differences. A grade school age book, this is a good book to get children understanding math concepts.

Click, Clack, Splish, Splash by Doreen Cronin
Click, Clack, Splish, Splash is a humorous, cute counting story. The book tells a clever story in a way that gets children counting without them even knowing. If you’re not paying attention you might miss the end of the story as it. Children and caregivers of all ages will enjoy this funny counting story.

Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Three mice help children learn the colors red, yellow, and blue in Mouse Paint. As you follow the mice’s adventure you also learn about mixing primary colors to make secondary colors. Cute characters make this story a pleasure to read. Caregivers and children will enjoy reading this together.

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Anna Grossnickle Hines
The classic nursery rhyme is brought to life in the wonderful book One, Two, Buckle My Shoe. Children will learn to count to ten while enjoying this beautifully illustrated book. Quilt art depictions of the nursery rhyme illustrate the story.

Baby’s Day by Michel Blake
Baby’s Day has great photographic depictions of everyday baby items. The book can be read over and over again to help baby learn new concepts. The black-and-white photos with only certain colored items make it easy to illustrate what objects baby is learning about. Big, bold lettering also help baby with early literacy skills. The book is meant for the very young infant to toddler.

Freight Train by Donald Crews
Caldecott award winner, Freight Train is a beautifully illustrated book. Children learn colors and concepts such as fast, slow, over and through in this book. A child’s fascination with steam engines furthers the interest in this book. Children of all ages from infant to grade school will enjoy this book.

One Some Many by Marthe Jocely and Tom Slaughter
Simple computer illustrations and bold colors help young children learn the meaning of basic words, phrases, and math concepts. Children will have fun counting the objects on each page and caregivers will have fun building the story. Bright and colorful very young children from infants to older children will enjoy this great book.

Double Those Wheels by Nancy Raines Day
Follow monkey as he tries to deliver a pizza and ends up accumulating wheels as he goes in this fun book, Double Those Wheels. The story teaches addition in an entertaining and pleasurable story, children aren’t aware they’re learning math concepts. Grade school aged children will enjoy reading this fun book.