Early Childhood/Alphabet/Counting/Concept Books:

(P) Apple Fractions: By Jerry Pallotta

Apple fractions is a simple fractions book, where they will take one apple and dissect it into
multiple fractions. The book also looks at different types of apples to get a little bit of science
and plant information in the book. The book will also do some simple fraction addition such as
+ . I like this book because it is extremely simple and very concrete even when dealing with
concepts as abstract as fractions. The book is also very applicable and classroom friendly.
(P) Each Peach Pear Plum: By Allan Ahlberg

Each Peach Pear Plum is a compilation of different popular characters to make a nursery rhyme
story. There is an I Spy for an object or person on each page all the way up to the end of the
story, where all the characters have a picnic together. I liked this book because it offered kids an
opportunity to explore many different literature references along with getting a fun activity from
the I Spy portion.
(P) E-mergency!: By Tom Lichtenheld

In the book, the letter E, takes a bad fall down some stairs. The letter E was seriously injured and
had to go to the hospital. Since E is hurt someone has to fill in for it, so the letter o is chosen.
Many words are misspelled and it leads to total chaos for all the people and letters because words
do not make sense anymore. I liked this book because it made learning letters fun and funny. The
book also did a good job of using letters whose sound also makes a word, like the letter r saying
are you ok?
(P) K is for Keystone: A Pennsylvania Alphabet by Kristen Kane

K is for Keystone is a book that goes through the letters of the alphabet and with each letter is an
important fact about a person, place, or thing from Pennsylvania.
A: Amish B: Bill Cosby C: Coal mines
D: whitetail Deer E: Easton (The Crayola Factory)
F: Fallingwater (the house built over waterfall) G: Gettysburg
H: Harrisburg I: Inventions (Ben Franklin)
J: James Buchanan (15th president) K: Keystone State
L: Liberty Bell M: Milton Hershey N: Native Americans
O: Ore (Pittsburghs steel mills, rock with iron inside)
P: Punxsutawney Phil Q: Quakers R: Rails-to-Trails S: State Ship(US Brig Niagara)
T: Titusville (oil was found) U: Underground Railroads
V: Valley Forge W: Williamsport (Little League began) X: marks Philly
Y: Yellow and Blue Z: Zoo (The Philadelphia zoo was the first one in the country)
I liked this book because it offers the readers an opportunity to look at what is near them in their
state, along with getting to look at other interesting facts and places in the state that the students
may have never seen before.
(P) Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC: By June Sobel

The Alligator captain gets his band of animal pirates together to go a hunt for all of the letters of
the alphabet. The pirates explore all of the oceans and lands to find an island where they find all
of the letters except for z. When the crew returns to the captain instead of being accepted and
celebrated they are punished and pushed over board for missing z, so they go back to the island
and never find it. Luckily the crew finds the letter z as they snore at night saying Zzzzz. I
liked this book because it made reading and letters appear to be more than just reading and
finding letters, it is an adventure and can take the reader to many interesting places.