Are you working on the letters of the alphabet with your little one? Perhaps you’re using Learning the Alphabet {to learn letters and their sounds} or Reading the Alphabet {for after the ABC’s}. Here are some simple texts to go along with your Letter Aa studies.
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My goal with all my my letter of the week book lists is to provide you with quality lists of books we either own or have read from the library. I will be including simple nonfiction text whenever possible, too! Kids of all ages will enjoy these, but I tried sticking with simpler books to keep the attention of younger children.
Letter Aa Book List
In these books, we are featuring the words apple(s), ants, astronaut, & alligator for the short a sound and airplane & acorn for the long a sound.
The Lady with the Alligator Purse adapted by Nadine Bernard Westcott will have your kids asking for more! This is a silly rhyme that I used to sing as a little girl will become a favorite rhyme of your kids, too. And you’ll never guess what cures Tiny Tim. 🙂
Amazing Airplanes by Tony Mitton is a part of an entire transportation series that my boys especially loved around the ages of 2 through 5. Every book has bold illustrations, rhyming text, and informational text about all kinds of vehicles including amazing airplanes.
10 Apples Up on Top by Dr. Suess has got to be my favorite Dr. Seuss book (well, tied with There’s a Wocket in my Pocket). It has some great math concepts in it, especially one-to-one correspondence and counting to 10.
Acorn to Oak Tree is a part of the Rookie Read About Science series that make great nonfiction texts for beginning readers. Because of the simple nature of the text and all the pictures/photographs, they are great read alouds for younger kids, too.
Ten Red Apples by Pat Hutchins is a cute little book with a great rhyming pattern and predictable frame that kids will enjoy over and over. Also included are animal sounds AND counting backwards (subtraction).
Hey, Little Ant by Philip and Hannah Hoose recites the conversation between an ant and a little boy. This father-daughter author team gets kids to think twice about squishing that ant as they use the ant to recount the reasons ants should not be squished. This book is such a great introduction into the power of persuasion and leaves the question hanging, “What do you think that kid should do?” Don’t miss the song at the end of the book as it is fun to learn together!
Little Acorn Grows Up by Edward Gibbs tells what happens when an acorn grows up. Young ones will love the simple rhyme (similar to Brown Bear, Brown Bear) and I love how to shows the relationship between animals and trees and talks about the parts of the tree.
Apples for Everyone by Jill Esbaum is part of a small collection of books by National Geographic that are PERFECT for younger learners because the photographs are amazing and the text is simple, yet contains some great vocabulary. In this book, kids will learn about the life cycle of an apple, different kinds of apples, and what apples are used for.
Yes, even alphabet starts with A! Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert is a vibrant book about different kinds of fruits and vegetables from A to Z. And she doesn’t just stick to the easier fruits and vegetables. We went on a hunt at our local grocery store for others and even sorted our play food as fruit or vegetable, a great vocabulary builder for sure!
I Want to be an Astronaut by Byron Barton is a wonderful author for younger kids because of his simple images and text. We have several of his books and they hold the attention of my younger children very well. Kids will love to blast off with these members of the crew.
The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall, although not a new book, was a new one I bought for our personal “library” this year. This book shows the apple tree through the seasons and give some science behind it all, but in a simple way that younger ones can mostly understand.
The Ants Go Marching by Dan Crisp illustrates and tells the story of those ants that go marching down into the ground… to get out of the rain. {Yes, now it’s stuck in my head, too.} You can read, sing along, and even act out as you count from one to ten. Your little ones will love finding the little ant on each page as the colony of ants grow.
See all our Letter of the Week book lists and printable packs HERE.
~Becky