Books in Spanish
For the Library Corner
- El alfabeto (The Alphabet)
- by George Siede and Donna Preis
Bright photographs show objects representing each letter of the alphabet.
- Mi libro grande de imágenes y palabras (My Big Book of Pictures and Words)
- by Helmut Spanner
Hundreds of brightly colored objects found in familiar places are pictured and labeled.
- ABC de papel (ABC in Paper)
- by Josep Maria Beà
Colorful cut-paper illustrations show objects and animals for each letter of the alphabet.
- Taking a Walk: A Book in Two Languages/Caminando: Un libro en dos lenguas
- by Rebecca Emberley
As a child walks around his neighborhood; word labels name all of the things he sees.Text in English and Spanish.
- Mi primer libro de palabras (My First Word Book)
- by Angela Wilkes
In this picture dictionary, photographs illustrate all kinds of everyday objects.
- Veo: Un libro de adivinanzas ilustradas (I Spy: A Book of Picture Riddles)
- by Jean Marzollo
Scholastic Mariposa
Riddles encourage children to search for hidden objects in the photographs.
- El libro grande de las palabras de Spot (Spot's Big Book of Words)
- by Eric Hill
As readers follow Spot the dog through the house, garden, park, school, and other places, they learn new words.Text in English and Spanish.
For Teacher Read Aloud
- El abecedario de Don Hilario (Don Hilario's Alphabet)
- by Gloria Fuentes
Illustrated poems accompany each letter of the alphabet.
- Albertina anda arriba: El abecedario/Albertina Goes Up: An Alphabet Book
- by Nancy María Grande Tabor
Charlesbridge
Readers answer questions and look for objects beginning with the letters of the alphabet in the pictures.
- ABC (ABC)
- by Vicky Sempere
Animals in humorous situations illustrate this rhyming alphabet book.
- Los niños alfabéticos (The Alphabet Kids)
- by Lourdes Ayala and Margarita Isona-Rodríguez
Charlesbridge
Gerardo, Isabel, and their friends act out the Spanish alphabet.
For Shared Reading
- ABC animales (ABC Animals)
- by Fabricio Vanden Broeck
Rhyming verse describes different animals that begin with the letters of the alphabet.
- My House/Mi casa
- by Rebecca Emberley
Little
A child describes the objects found in various rooms of his house.Text in English and Spanish.
- Abecedario de los animales (Animal Alphabet)
- by Alma Flor Ada
Children learn the alphabet by associating animals with the letters their
names begin with.
Books in English
English Language Development
For the Library Corner
- Alphabet City
- by Stephen T. Johnson
Viking
Beautiful paintings reveal the letters of the alphabet in objects and architecture found around a city.
- My Food
- by Lisa-Theresa Lenthall
Bantam
Names of different foods are labeled in English, Spanish, French, and German.
- Alphabatics
- by Suse MacDonald
Aladdin
The letters of the alphabet transform into pictures that correspond with each letter.
- Table, Chair, Bear: A Book in Many Languages
- by Jane Feder
Familiar objects from a child's bedroom are presented in thirteen languages.
- Action Alphabet
- by Shelley Rotner
(Multicultural)
Atheneum
An active group of children demonstrate verbs from arching to zipping.
For Teacher Read Aloud
- Alphabet Times Four: An International ABC
- by Ruth Brown
Dutton
Beautiful art illustrates a multilingual English, Spanish, French, and German ABC book.
- Sharon, Lois, and Bram Sing A to Z
- by Sharon, Lois, and Bram
An energetic collection of multicultural songs and rhymes represents every letter of the alphabet.
For Shared Reading
- A You're Adorable
- by Buddy Kaye, Fred Wise, and Sidney Lippman
(Multicultural)
Candlewick
A group of playful children cavort through the alphabet in this well-known song.
- Dr. Seuss's ABC
- by Dr. Seuss
Random
Seuss's characteristically zany creatures populate this funny, rhyming alphabet.
- Sleepy ABC
- by Margaret Wise Brown
Harper
Kittens yawn, lambs close thir eyes, and a child waits for a goodnight kiss in this rhyming nighttime alphabet.