Basic Concepts

Basic Concepts
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Books about ABCs, 123s, Colors & Shapes
A Color of His Own
Preschoolers will delight in the illustrations and fall in love with the adorable chameleon who is trying to find a color of his very own.
Backseat A-B-See
A great example of environmental print as this alphabet is composed entirely of road signs -- all things a toddler can see from the back seat! - Robin, Youth Services
Everything I Need to Know Before I'm Five
This book covers the alphabet, counting, opposites, shapes, colors, and seasons and uses bright photos of retro toys to illustrate these topics.
One Pup's Up
Rhyming text counts off ten puppies as they awaken one by one, chase and bounce around the house, eat kibble and get washed, then fall back to sleep.
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
"Pete's mellow attitude throughout this colorful and upbeat book cracks me up." - Tamara, Web Content Librarian
Shout! Shout it out!
This book takes basic concepts like letters, numbers and colors and encourages readers to shout out what they know!
Books about Days, Weeks, Years, Seasons & Time
Monday Is One Day
A rhyming countdown of the days of the week as a father and child find ways to spend time together while waiting for the weekend.
Tell Me the Day Backwards
A great bedtime book where Timmy Bear remembers everything he did during the day, but in reverse order.
Red Sings from treetops: A Year in Colors
"Different colors provide different sensory experiences depending on the season in this gorgeous picture book of poetry." - Becky, Teen Librarian
Very Hairy Bear
"! The Very Hairy Bear goes through a year of seasons. The soft illustrations, poetic language, and hilarious expression of the bear would make this a great readaloud or gift." - Becky, Teen Librarian
Books about Same & Opposites, Shapes & Patterns
Same Same
Finding common characteristics in different creatures and objects. A clever introduction to similarities.
Big, Bigger, Biggest!
'Delightful, bright, and simple book that illustrates synonyms and opposites. Great vocabulary builder: it's not every picture book that features the word "lackadaisical"!" - Becky, Teen Librarian
Chicken Big
A giant chicken is born and confuses the not-so-bright chickens in the hen house who think she is an elephant... or an umbrella... or a blanket.
Perfect Square
"Brilliant. Various things happen to the square (snipped to ribbons, shattered, torn in scraps, shredded) and each time it transforms itself into something new (a bridge, a garden, a park, a river.)" - Robin, Youth Services Librarian
My Heart Is Like a Zoo
"All the animals are made of heart shapes (over 300 hearts in all). This invites lots of counting, observation, and shape recognition....Oh, and similes." - Becky, Teen Librarian
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