These Alphabet Books for Kids feature a wide range of ABC books for Children, from trains to fairies – find the one (or 4) that your child will love and pair them with some alphabet printables to really help reinforce the ABCs!
When trying to reinforce the ABCs to your preschool child, you should use repetition and things they can relate to!
Be certain to check out our other great book recommendations for kids as well.
Teaching the alphabet to our children is a pre-reading skill that simply must be done and honestly, the only way to do it is to teach it over and over and over.
From books to worksheets to music to movies, you just have to keep filling your child’s day with the ABCs.
Reinforce their Education:
Incorporating Alphabet Letter Puzzles while reading books about the alphabet can greatly enhance your child’s learning experience by providing hands-on help.
As children engage with the puzzles, they have the opportunity to physically interact with the letters, strengthening their understanding and recognition of each letter.
This tactile approach reinforces their learning and allows them to develop a deeper connection to the alphabet.
By combining the use of Alphabet Letter Puzzles with alphabet books, children can actively participate in the learning process, making it more enjoyable and memorable.
The visual representation of the letters in the puzzles, coupled with the descriptions and illustrations in the books, creates a multi-sensory learning experience that promotes letter recognition, phonics, and vocabulary development.
This interactive approach not only makes learning the alphabet more engaging but also helps children retain the information more effectively.
Incorporating Alphabet Letter Puzzles into reading sessions provides a valuable hands-on tool that supports and enhances your child’s journey towards mastering the alphabet.
At what age do kids start learning the alphabet?
This can be a tough topic to figure out so my answer is to have your child start learning whenever they’re ready to start learning.
Make certain to make your alphabet teaching fun so that the kids stay engaged and interested!
More Alphabet Teaching Resources:
These Find the Letter worksheets are perfect for helping your children to find letters among similar looking ones.
I love these fabric alphabet learning toys from Etsy. They are especially great for kids that need tactile education.
I love all these ABC Handprint Crafts from CrystalandComp – what a fun way to reinforce the alphabet!
Books About the ABCs
From stories to facts to coloring - these books will help you teach your kids everything there is to know about the alphabet!
As you know, the real learning comes from repetition, so be sure to add at least a few of these books to your library so your children (by this, I mean YOU!) don't get bored by the same book over and over.
ABC Animals is an excellent way for your kids to learn the alphabet!
Every letter is coupled by a very sweet and ingenious set of rhymes to keep the parents and children engaged.
Give this book a chance, I know you and your kids will be very happy with it
Smash! Crash!
Ka-boom!
A is for Aerial lift.
B is for Backhoe.
C is for Cement Mixer.
Readers explore construction equipment in this noisy alphabet book. Jerry Pallotta’s trademark humor punctuates the informative text. Vibrant oil paintings bring to life a busy construction site.
This brilliant, innovative book offers an engaging new way for children to discover and learn basic concepts of the alphabet.
By running their finger along large, grooved letters, children can explore each shape.
Colorful lift-the-flaps on every sturdy page further reinforce easy learning.
Each board page features a capital letter that a child can trace with their finger, a flap to lift to find a surprise, and bright illustrations!
If words make up the stories and letters make up the words, then stories are made up of letters. In this menagerie we have stories made of words, made FOR all the letters.
The most inventive and irresistible book of the year spans a mere 26 letters (don’t they all!) and 112 pages.
From an Astronaut who’s afraid of heights, to a Bridge that ends up burned between friends, to a Cup stuck in a cupboard and longing for freedom, Once Upon an Alphabet is a creative tour de force from A through Z.
Slyly funny in a way kids can’t resist, and gorgeously illustrated in a way readers of all ages will pour over, this series of interconnected stories and characters explores the alphabet in a way that will forever raise the bar.
B is for boy . . . but in Alison Jay’s ABC, B also stands for basket, beehive,and butterfly.
Featuring a simple format and bright paintings, this acclaimed alphabet book is perfect for toddlers.
Older readers are encouraged to look and look again as each spread reveals a new perspective on what has come before and intriguing hints of what’s still to come.
With Dr. Seuss as your guide, learning the alphabet is as easy as A, B, C.
Children will love coloring these delightful renderings of fairies frolicking in a rich garden of beautiful flowers.
As they do, they’ll also learn to recognize and identify a host of familiar flowers: azalea, bluebells, columbine, daisies, foxglove, lilacs, nasturtiums, tulips, and others.
Exquisitely drawn by illustrator Darcy May, the images feature a troupe of enchanting young sprites in a variety of carefree poses — snuggled among the petals of a blossom, relishing the scent of a lilac, swinging from a vine, and more.
To help build and reinforce alphabet skills, each illustration incorporates the first letter of the flower’s name.
Next to baseball and fireworks on the Fourth of July, nothing else seems as American as the family camping trip.
From what to pack, where to go, and what to do when you get there, S is for S’mores: A Camping Alphabet takes readers on an A-Z trail exploring this outdoor pastime.
Veteran camper Helen Foster James tackles topics such as unique camping environments, equipment necessities, famous conservationists, and national parks and other attractions.
Melissa & Doug Children's Book - I Spy some dots and I Can't stop popping! Poke the irresistible click-to-count buttons to hear satisfying “clicks” and “pops” as you spot a whole alphabet of objects from a to Z!
This sturdy 20-page interactive board book invites kids to pop along as they play “eye spy” and learn their ABCs along the way.
Poke-a-dot books help encourage language development, counting, and fine motor skills.
(Board Book with Buttons to Pop, Great Gift for Girls and Boys - Best for 3, 4, 5 Year Olds and Up)
A is for Automobiles, machines on wheels.
B is for Belts turning, fuel burning, the buzz and bark of engines.
C is for Curves and crowds and cars, of course
A century of race cars, from bare beginnings to present-day marvels, from stock cars to Formula 1, from Ford to Ferrari, caught in crackling action, in fan-friendly pictures, and in words that bounce and jounce for the fun of it.
My favorite book of all time!!
When all the letters of the alphabet race one another up the coconut tree, will there be enough room?
Of course there is always enough room for this rollicking alphabet chant that has been a children’s favorite for more than twenty years!
Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault’s rhythmic text keeps the beat with Caldecott Honor illustrator Lois Ehlert’s bold, cheerful art.
This winning combination has created a series of enduring Chicka Chicka favorites, and now, for the first time ever, the complete edition of the original Chicka Chicka Boom Boom story is available as a Classic Board Book.
With sturdy pages and rounded corners, this portable edition of an irresistible alphabet romp will delight a new generation of young readers.
Learn the Alphabet – An ABC Book to Teach Letters and Sounds With Alphabet Rhymes, Pictures, Word Lists, Sentences & Fun Activities” features colorful everyday objects that are captivating for kids as they learn the abc letters.
From Apple to Monster, Rocket to Zebra, your child will love learning letters and the alphabet sounds with high quality, storybook alphabet pictures combined with fun rhymes that keep children engaged.
A Children's ABC Bedtime Book for Kids, Toddlers & Preschoolers (alphabet books for preschoolers, alphabet books for children, ... for kindergarten, alphabet illustrated 1)
Each letter of the alphabet book “ABC with Fairy Tale Characters” is beautifully and colorfully illustrated with a fairy-tale character and has a poem about it.
Among the fairy-tale characters are Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Humpty Dumpty and others.
It’s a magical journey into letters, bringing the alphabet to life.
A fun and exciting read-aloud for young ones who are learning their ABCs.
This is an excellent book for all ages, that can be read along with your kids and enjoyed again and again.
Pirate ABCs and Activity book (Packrat Tales)
Journey along with Captain Preston as his crew teaches him the Pirate Alphabet so he can read his treasure maps!
This amazingly illustrated ABC book utilizes pirate words, fun and adventure to inspire learning.
Every page is an adventure as your children will learn even pirates need clean underwear and the back of the ship really is called the poop deck!
I hope you and your kids have fun learning about the ABCs with these fun books to read.