The following list features alphabet books that have some sort of entertaining storyline (even if the storyline is slight) or an interactive book function, like a lift-the-flap component.

designates my top ten favorite books.

Alphabet Books123 versus ABC by Mike Boldt (this can also fall under the counting book category)

A Is for Salad by Mike Lester

ABC I Like Me by Nancy Carlson

Alpha Oops!: The Day Z Went First by Alethea Kontis and Bob Kolar

Alphabet by Matthew Van Fleet

Alphabet under Construction by Denise Fleming

Antler Bear Canoe by Betsy Bowen

Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, and Lois Ehlert

The Dog: From Arf! Arf! to Zzzzzz by the Dog List Collection

Dr. Seuss’s ABC by Dr. Seuss

The Hidden Alphabet by Laura Vacarro Seeger

I Stink by Kate and Jim McMullan (this book has an alphabet section in the middle of the story)

Just in Case: A Trickster Tale and Spanish Alphabet Book by Yuyi Morales

LMNO Peas by Keith Baker

Matthew A.B.C. by Peter Catalanotto

Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate and Ashley Wolffe

My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman and Kevin Hawkes

Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth and Stephen Gammell

On Market Street by Arnold and Anita Lobel

Tomorrow’s Alphabet by George Shannon and Donald Crews

What Pete Ate from A to Z by Maira Kalman

Z Is for Moose by Kelly Bigham and Paul O. Zelinsky

Rob Reid’s All-Time Favorite Alphabet Books

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The following list features counting books that have some sort of entertaining storyline (even if the storyline is slight) or an interactive book function, like a lift-the-flap component.

designates my top ten favorite books.

Counting Books1,2,3 to the Zoo by Eric Carle

The Big Storm: A Soggy Counting Book by Nancy Tafuri

Boom! Boom! Boom! by Jamie Swenson and David Walker

Cat Count by Betsy Lewin

Chicka Chicka 1,2,3 by Bill Martin, Jr., and Michael Sampson

Click, Clack, Splish, Splash by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin

Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett and Kevin Cornell

Cookie Count: A Tasty Pop-Up by Robert Sabuda

Fish Eyes: A Book You Could Count On by Lois Ehlert

Five Green and Speckled Frogs by Priscilla Burris

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow

How Many Bugs in a Box? A Pop-Up Counting Book by David A. Carter

How Many Snails? A Counting Book by Paul Giganti and Donald Crews

Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book by Yuyi Morales

Let’s Count Goats by Mem Fox

Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh

One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root

One Frozen Lake by Deborah Jo Larson, Steve Johnson, and Lou Fancher

One Little Mouse by Dori Chaconas and LeUyen Pham

Over in the Meadow by Paul Galdone

Zin! Zin! Zin! A Violin by Lloyd Moss and Marjorie Priceman

Rob Reid’s All-Time Favorite Counting Books

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