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Selected Bibliography of Alphabet Books

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Titles in this bibliography are part of the School (S) Collection of the Education and Social Science Library. Alphabet books published prior to 1921 and pop-up books are in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. That location is noted below the call number. Check the online catalog for the location of other alphabet books.

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Q.S.861Ad11g	Ada, Alma Flor.  Gathering the Sun: An Alphabet in Spanish and English.   1997.
Q.SE.An231a	Andersen, Karen Born.  An Alphabet in Five Acts.   1993.
SE.An78a	Anno, Mitsumasa.  Anno's Alphabet:  An Adventure in Imagination.  1975.
Q.SE.B291a	Base, Graeme.   Animalia.  1987.
Q.SE.B457a	Bernhard, Durga.  Alphabeasts:  A Hide and Seek Alphabet Book.  1993.
SE.B6445f	Borlenghi, Patricia.  From Albatross to Zoo:   An Alphabet Book in Five Languages.  1992.
S.974.1B768L	Briggs, Kelly Paul.  Island Alphabet.  1995.
SE.B812a	Brown, Marcia.  All Butterflies:  An ABC, cut by Marcia Brown.  1974.
SE.B813sl1994	Brown, Margaret Wise.  Sleepy ABC.   1994.
SE.B8144a	Brown, Ruth.  Alphabet Times Four:  An International ABC. 1991.
SE.B835A:E	Brunhoff, Jean de.  ABC de Babar.   1995.
Q.SE.B382a	Bryan, Ashley.  Ashley Bryan's ABC of African American Poetry. 1997.
SE.B93j	Burningham, John.  John Burningham's ABC.   1986.
SE.B1123e	Cabat, Erni.  Erni Cabat's Magical ABC:   Animals Around the Farm.  1992.
Q.SE.C119w	Cahoon, Heather.  Word Play ABC.  1999.
Q.S.818C136i	Calmenson, Stephanie.  It Begins with an A.   H1993.
SE.C3652a	Chaplin, Rob.  Alien Alphabet.   1994.
Q.S.920.72 C4627a	Chin-Lee, Cynthia.  Amelia to Zora: Twenty-Six Women Who Changed the World..   2005.
SE.C4627e	Christensen, Bonnie.  An Edible Alphabet.   1994.
SE.C581p	Cleary, Brian P. Peanut butter and jellyfishes: a very silly alphabet book. 2007.
S.468AL28	Connelly, Gwen.  El Alfabeto.   1991.
Q.SE.C819f	Cory, Fanny Y.  The Fairy Alphabet of F.Y. Cory.   1991.
S.398.8C85a 1981	Crane, Walter.  An Alphabet of Old Friends and the Absurd ABC.  1981.
Q.SE.C959a	Cushman, Doug.  The ABC Mystery.   1993.
Q.S.811D149g	Dakos, Kalli.  Get Out of the Alphabet, Number 2!.   1997.
SE.D156s	Daleo, Morgan Simone.  A Spirited Alphabet From A to Z.   1999.
Q.S.636.8D249a	Darling, Kathy & Tara.   ABC Cats.   1998.
Q.S.636.71D249a	Darling, Kathy.   ABC Dogs.   1997.
Q.S.591.981D249a	Darling, Kathy.   Amazon ABC.   1996.
Q.SE.D634g	DiTerlizzi, Tony. G is for one gzonk! : an alpha-number-bet book. 2006.
S.567.91D668a	Dodson, Peter.  An Alphabet of Dinosaurs.   1995.
Q.S.591.92D7436	Doubilet, Anne.  Under the Sea from A to Z.   1991.
SE.Ed97a	Edwards, Michelle.  Alef-Bet:  A Hebrew Alphabet Book.  1992.
Q.SE.Eh56e	Ehlert, Lois.  Eating the Alphabet:  Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z.  1989.
SE.EL583a	Elliott, David.  An Alphabet of Rotten Kids!   1991.
SE.F149h	Fain, Kathleen.  Handsigns:  A Sign Language Alphabet.  1993.
Q.SE.F197a	Falls, C.B.  ABC Book.  1998.
SE.F321j	Feelings, Muriel.  Jambo Means Hello; Swahili Alphabet Book.  1974.
S.394.261F753k	Ford, Juwanda.  K is for Kwanzaa: A Kwanzaa Alphabet Book.   1997.
S.428.1G325a	Gerstein, Mordicai.  The Absolutely Awful Alphabet.   1999.
SE.G5691a	Golding, Kim.  Alphababies.   1998.
S.745.6G82a (Rare Book Library)	Greenaway, Kate.  Kate Greenaway's Alphabet.   [1885]
Q.SE.G919a	Grover, Max.  The Accidental Zucchini:  An Unexpected Alphabet.  1993.
S.591.979 H369c	Helman, Andrea  C is for Coyote: a Southwest Alphabet Book.  2002.
Q.SE.H412a	Hepworth Cathi.  Antics, An Alphabetical Anthology.  1992.
Q.S.797.332 H449t	Herzog, Brad.  T is for Touchdown: a Football Alphabet.  2004.
SE.H651a	Hoban, Tana.  A, B, See!   1982.
S.590H781a	Horenstein, Henry.  A is For...? A Photographer's Alphabet of Animals   1999.
SE.H795i	Hosta, Dan.  I Love the Alphabet   2004.
Q.SE.H861c	Hubbard, Woodleigh.  C Is for Curious.  1990.
SE.H874a1998	Hughes, Shirley.  Alfie's ABC.  1998.
S.428.1Is1a	Isadora, Rachel.  ABC Pop!.  1999.
SE.J193ab	Jahn-Clough, Lisa.  ABC Yummy.  1997.
Q.SE.J692a	Jonas, Ann.  Aardvarks, Disembark!   1990.
S.973.2K126c	Kalman, Bobbie.  Colonial Times from A to Z.   1998.
S.331.702K126c	Kalman, Bobbie.  Community Helpers from A to Z.   1998.
S.550K126e	Kalman, Bobbie.  The Earth From A to Z.   1999.
S.305.2355K126w	Kalman, Bobbie.  The Wonders of Me from A to Z.   1998.
Q.SE.K6342mi	Kirk, David.  Miss Spider's ABC?  1998.
Q.S.331.702082 K963w	Kunstadter, Maria A.  Women Working A to Z.  1994.
Q.S.371 L454t	Layne, Steven L.  T is for Teachers: a School Alphabet.  2005.
S.821L47e1999	Lear, Edward.  An Edward Lear Alphabet.  1999.
SE.L477e	Lear, Edward.  Edward Lear's ABC:   Alphabet Rhymes for Children.  1986.
Q.SE.L5662c	Lessac, Frane.  Caribbean Alphabet.   1994.
SE.L661le	Lionni, Leo.  Letters to Talk About.   1985.
Q.SE.L78a	Lobel, Anita.  Alison's Zinnia.   1990.
Q.SE.L78aw	Lobel, Anita.  Away from Home.   1994.
Q.S.421.1 L969w	Luke, Deanna.  What Good Is--.   1998.
Q.SE.M2712L	Magee, Doug.  Let's Fly from A to Z.   1992.
Q.SE.M3632c	Martin, Bill, Jr.  Chicka Chicka Boom Boom.  1989.
Q.SE.M225s	McLeod, Bob. SuperHero ABC. 2006.
Q.SE.M55w	Merriam, Eve.  Where is Everybody?:   An Animal Alphabet.  1989.
SE.M5832i	Micklethwait, Lucy.  I Spy:  An Alphabet in Art.  1992.
SE.M85a (Rare Book Library)	Mother Goose.  ABC Book.   [1910]
SE.M917v1997	Mullins, Patricia.  V for Vanishing: An Alphabet of Endangered Animals.   1997
SE.On9a	Onyefulu, Ifeoma.  A is for Africa.   1993.
Q.S.629.13334 P179a	Pallotta, Jerry. The Airplane Alphabet Book.   1997.
Q.S.624 P179c	Pallotta, Jerry. The Construction Alphabet Book.   2006.
Q.S.578.76P179f	Pallotta, Jerry. The Freshwater Alphabet Book.   1996.
Q.SE.P179v	Pallotta, Jerry.  The Victory Garden Alphabet Book.  1992.
SE.P192a	Pandell, Karen.  Animal Action ABC.  1996.
Q.SE.P277z (Rare Book Library)	Patterson, Rhodes.  ZYX:  26 Poetic Portraits.  1989.
S.746.970973 P281e	Paul, Ann Whitford.  Eight Hands Round:  A Patchwork Alphabet.  ; 1991.
Q.S.428.13 P281w	Paulaski, Patrick  W is for Wind: a Weather Alphabet; 2005.
S.428.1P363a (Rare Book Library)	Pelham, David.  ABC Fun. 1997.
S.428.1P364g	Pelletier, David.  The Graphic Alphabet. 1996.
SE.P597ab (Rare Book Library)	Pienkowski, Jan.  ABC Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures.  1993.
SE.P4414p	Potter, Beatrix.  Peter Rabbit's ABC and 123.  1995.
Q.S.207 P93b	Prieto, Anita C.  B is for Bookworm: a Library Alphabet.  2005.
Q.S.520.3R312a	Ressmeyer, Roger.  Astronaut to Zodiac:  A Young Stargazer's Alphabet.  1992.
SE.R329c1	Rey, H. A.  Curious George Learns the Alphabet.  1963.
S.641.563R382m	Richard, David.  My Whole Food ABC's.  1997.
Q.SE.R5642ti	Robinson, Marileta.  The Timbertoes ABC Alphabet Book.  , 1997.
Q.SE.R816a	Royston, Angela.  The A-to-Z Book of Cars.  1991.
SE.R94m	Ruurs, Margriet.  A Mountain Alphabet.  1996.
S.595.7R972a	Ryden, Hope.  ABC of Crawlers and Flyers.  1996.
Q.SE.Sa132c (Rare Book Library)	Sabuda, Robert.  The Christmas Alphabet.  1994.
S.468.13 Sa315a	Salas, Michele.  A de Alphabeto (A is for Alphabet).  2003.
SE.Sca77rs1a	Scarry, Richard.  Richard Scarry's Little ABC.  1998.
SE.Sch660	Schories, Pat.  Over Under in the Garden: An Alphabet Book.  1996.
S.428.1Se326h	Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. The hidden alphabet. 2003.
SE.Sa326w	Seeger, Laura Vaccaro. Walter was worried. 2005.
Q.S.811Se34b	Seeley, Laura L.  The Book of Shadowboxes: A Story of the ABC's.  1990.
SE.G27d	Seuss, Dr.  Dr. Seuss's ABC.   1963.
Q.S.975.3 Sm62n	Smith, Marie  N is for Our Nation's Capital: a Washington D.C. Alphabet.   2005.
Q.S.590.73 Sm622z	Smith, Marie  Z is for Zookeeper: a Zoo Alphabet.   2005.
Q.S.551.46Sp33a	Spencer, Carolyn.  Alphabet Sea.  1999.
SE.A91	Spirin, Gennady. A apple pie. 2005.
Q.S.811St98o	Stutson, Caroline.  On the River ABC.   1993.
Q.SE.St98p	Stutson, Caroline.  Prairie Primer: A to Z.   1996.
Q.SE.Su53a	Sullivan, Charles.  Alphabet Animals.   1991.
Q.S.796.323 Ul5j	Ulmer, Michael.  J is for Jump Shot: a Basketball Alphabet.   2005.
S.811Up1h1998	Updike, John.  Helpful Alphabet of Friendly Objects.   1998.
Q.SE.V263z	Van Allsburg, Chris.  The Alphabet Theatre Proudly Presents the Z was Zapped:  A Play in Twenty-Six Acts Performed by the Carlson Players.  1987.
Q.SE.V814al	Viorst, Judith.  The Alphabet from A to Z (With Much Confusion on the Way).  1994.
Q.S.495.6W462a	Wells, Ruth.  A to Zen.   1992.
Q.S.811W641di	Wilbur, Richard.  The Disappearing Alphabet.   1998.
SE.W6452my	Wilder, Laura Ingalls.  My Little House ABC.   1997.
Q.SE.W661a	Willard, Nancy.  An Alphabet of Angels.  1994.
SE.W6735a	Williams, Laura.  ABC Kids.  2000.
Q.SE.W852am	Wood, Audrey. Alphabet mystery. 2003.

All the images on the S-Collection pages are used with the kind permission of Children's Books Online: The Rosetta Project, the largest online collection of illustrated antique children's books. The S-Collection logo is made up of letters from alphabet books in the Rosetta Project's collection.