Letter X Books for Toddlers

Just another "letter of the week" book list! I couldn't find anything else that quite fit what I was looking for so I'm saving my lists and observations for use in the future. This is compiled from several sites on the internet and my own browsing at the library. Tops picks are based on the interest of a 3 year old. My top picks have significant repetition of the letter sound and hold a toddler's attention.

This was a tricky week! To get it more repetition of the X sounds I did some commentary about the story and illustrations.

The regulars:
My X, Y, Z Book, Jane Belk Moncure
X, Kelly Doudna

Top picks:
Mix It Up, Herve Tullet, The clear favorite of the week!

Tea Rex, Molly Idle
Camp Rex, Molly Idle
Xander's Panda Party, Linda Sue Park, This was good for learning that X can make the Z sound.



Books Other Children May Enjoy:
The Adventures of Taxi Dog,  Debra and Sal Barracca, My toddler just didn't get into this one.
Hattie and the Fox, Mem Fox, The fox is in the pictures, but not mentioned. My toddler just didn't get it, but an older child would!
Roxaboxen, Alice McLerran, A very lovely story for an older child. Too long for a little one.



What I couldn't find (but would look for in the future):
Hello, Red Fox, Eric Carle
The Story of Exodus, Davidson
The Crayon Box that Talked, DeRolf
Xavier Ox's Xylophone Experiment, deRubertis 
Christina Katerina and the Box, Gauch
Pinky and Rex, Howe
Fox on the Job, Marshall 
My Mom has X Ray Vision, McAllister
The Taxi that Hurried, Black
The Birthday Box, Patricelli
Not a Box, Portia
Fox in Socks, Suess
A Isn't for Fox, Ulmer
You Silly Goose, Walsh
Max's ABC, Wells
Jessica's X-Ray, Zonta

Letter T Books for a Toddler

Just another "letter of the week" book list! I couldn't find anything else that quite fit what I was looking for so I'm saving my lists and observations for use in the future. This is compiled from several sites on the internet and my own browsing at the library. Tops picks are based on the interest of a 3 year old. My top picks have significant repetition of the letter sound and hold a toddler's attention.

The regulars:
My T Book, Jane Belk Moncure
Tt, Kelly Doudna

Top picks:
Tidy Titch, Pat Hutchins
Tickling Tigers, Sean Taylor
Turtle Splash, Cathryn Falwell 
The Turnip, Jan Brett 
Where is Tippy Toes?, Betsy Lewin 
It's A Tiger!, David LaRochelle, By far the favorite book of the bunch.
Truck, Donald Drews, This book doesn't have words, but it sparked much discussion about trucks.



Books Other Children May Enjoy:
Trouble with Trolls, Jan Brett, This books was just a tiny bit too long for us
Tikki Tikki Tembo, Arlene Mosel 
Little Tom Turkey, Frances Bloxam, A very well done book, but just a little too long for my toddler to easily sit through
Tippy-Tippy-Tippy Splash!, Candace Fleming



What I don't recommend:
Tuck-In Time, Carole Gerber
In the Tall, Tall Grass, Denise Fleming
The Toolbox, Anne & Harlow Rockwell, I had high hopes for this book, and I knew the subject matter would be interesting for my toddler,  but there were not a lot of letter t sounds in this book.

What I couldn't find (but would look for in the future):
Tall Duck in the Truck, Alborough
From Tomato to Ketchup, Basel 
Train to Somewhere, Bunting
Big Truck and Little Truck, Carr
Ten Tiny Toes, Church
The Tub People, Conrad
Freight Train, Crews
Goodnight Little Trutle, Cunliffe
One Tiny Turtle, Davies
Twilight Comes Twice, Fletcher
Tap Tap Bang Bang, Garcia
Two of Everything, Hong
Ten Red Apples, Hutchins
The Tiger Who Came to Tea, Kerr
I'm Fast, McMullan
The Truck Book, McNaught
I'm A Little Teapot,  Trapani
The Gigantic Turnip, Tolstoy
Turtle, Turtle Watch Out, Sayre
Little Blue Truck, Schertle
The Tooth Book, Suess
Ten Apples Up On Top, Seuss
Troto and the Trucks, Shulevitz 
Too Many Turkeys, White
Trashy Town, Zimmerman
 
 

Letter S Books for a Toddler

Just another "letter of the week" book list! I couldn't find anything else that quite fit what I was looking for so I'm saving my lists and observations for use in the future. This is compiled from several sites on the internet and my own browsing at the library. Tops picks are based on the interest of a 3 year old. My top picks have significant repetition of the letter sound and hold a toddler's attention.

The regulars:
My S Book, Jane Belk Moncure
Ss, Kelly Doudna

Top picks:
Sleep Like a Tiger, Mary Logue
Sandcake, Frank Asch
"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly" Said the Sloth, Eric Carle
Sheep in a Shop, Nancy Shaw
Sheep on a Ship, Nancy Shaw
My Five Senses, Aliki
The Skunk, Mac Barnett
Sammy Salami, Jerry Smath, This is a long book that ordinarily my toddler wouldn't get through, but for whatever reason it captured her attention and was one of her favorites.
Square, Mac Barnett
Shh! We Have a Plan, Chris Haughton



Books Other Children May Enjoy:
Sounds All Around, Wendy Pfeffer, This was too long and indepth on each page for us to get through.
Stella Star of the Sea, Marie Louise Gay, My toddler just didn't get into this one.
Shells! Shells! Shells! Nancy Elizabeth Wallace, This book was very interesting but we never got all the way through it. Definitely try with older children.
Strega Nona, Tomie dePaola, I love this book, but it was too long for a toddler!


What I don't recommend:
Seven Blind Mice, Ed Young, Much better for the letter M!
Shadow, Suzy Lee, This is illustrations only. Other people may be able to work with this, though!
Snowy Sunday, Phyllis Root
Click Clack Splish Splash, Doreen Cronin, This is a counting book!
Steam Train, Dream Train, Sherri Duskey Rinker


What I couldn't find (but would look for in the future):
10 Seeds, Brown
Stone Soup, Brown
Katy and the Big Snow, Burton
The Tiny Seed, Carle
Sadie's Sore Throat, Cowan
You Are My Sunshine, Davis 
Stick and Stone, Ferry
Wake up, Sun, Harrison
Go, Go, Stop, Harper
How to Catch a Star, Jeffers
Stuck, Jeffers
You are Not Small, Kang
A Perfectly Messed Up Story, McDonnell
Sweet Shapes, Medina
Sparky, Offill
The Sneeches, Suess
The Swing, Stevenson
 Sonya's Chickens, Wall
Seeds, Seeds, Seeds, Wallace
Scardey Squirell, Wood
The Little Mouse and the Ripe Red Strawberry, Wood
 

Letter Q Books for a Toddler

Just another "letter of the week" book list! I couldn't find anything else that quite fit what I was looking for so I'm saving my lists and observations for use in the future. This is compiled from several sites on the internet and my own browsing at the library. Tops picks are based on the interest of a 3 year old. My top picks have significant repetition of the letter sound in the story (not just the title) and hold a toddler's attention.

The regulars:
My Q Book, Jane Belk Moncure
Qq, Kelly Doudna

Top picks:
Little Quack, Lauren Thompson
Be Quiet Mike, Leslie Patricelli
The Quiltmakers Gift, Jeff Brumbeau, This book would normally be too long for my toddler, but the pictures were so engaging. We read it in two sittings.

Quiet, Tomie dePaola
The Queen is Coming to Tea, Linda Ravin Lodding


What I don't recommend:
Click Clack Quackity Quack, Doreen Cronin, This is a regular alphabet book, not focused on any particular letter.
Quick as a Cricket, Audrey Wood, I believe there is only one q word in this book. Quest, Aaron Becker, This is a pictures only book. We like these, but not for practicing a particular sound.

Mr. Putney's Quaking Dog, Jon Agee, An older child would probably love all the puns in this book! There is also only one q word in the book.
Quack and Count, Keith Baker, This is a great counting book! But I think the word "quack" is only in there once or twice




What I couldn't find (but would look for in the future):
Aston, An Egg is Quiet
Bright, Quiet
Cronin, Giggle Giggle Quack
Daywalt, The Day The Crayons Quit
Ellis, The Queen's Feet
Graham, If I Were Queen of the World
Hamm, Winner's Never Quit
Hargreaves, Mr. Quiet
Harness, The Queen with the Bees in Her Hair
Jonas, The Quilt
McCue, Quiet Bunny and Noisy Puppy
Merriam, Quiet Please
Murphy, Quick Duck
Ringgold, Cassie's Word Quilt
Root, Quack
Stevenson, Quick, Turn the Page
Underwood, The Quiet Book
Williams, The Coin Counting Book 

Letter V Books for a Toddler

Just another "letter of the week" book list! I couldn't find anything else that quite fit what I was looking for so I'm saving my lists and observations for use in the future. This is compiled from several sites on the internet and my own browsing at the library. Tops picks are based on the interest of a 2.5 year old. My top picks have significant repetition of the letter sound and hold a toddler's attention.

The regulars:
My V Book, Jane Belk Moncure
Vv, Kelly Doudna

Top picks:
A Violin for Elva, Mary Lyn Ray
Click, Clack, Moo, I Love You, Doreen Cronin,
I Eat Vegetables, Hannah Tofts, Not a lot of V sounds, but we enjoyed this book a lot!

The Very Bust Spider, Eric Carle
Mole Music, David McPhail
The Pear Violin, Bingbo


Books Other Children May Enjoy:
Dear Katie, The Volcano is a Girl, Jean Craighead George, A bit long, try with older children.




What I don't recommend:
The Very Lonely Firefly, Eric Carle, This was on a lot of letter V lists, but it would be a MUCH better book for the letter F.

Zin Zin Zin A violin, Lloyd Moss, This is much better for teaching instruments, not the letter v.
The Unexpected Love Story of Alfred Fiddleduckling, Timothy Basil Ering, A Very lovely story, but no letter Vs.
Growing Vegetable Soup, Lois Ehlert This is a really neat book about vegetable gardening!



What I couldn't find (but would look for in the future):
Cook, My Mouth is a Volcano
Cooper, Whose Vehicle is This
Curtis, The Bat Boy and His Violin
Ernst, This is the Van that Dad Cleaned
Kroll, The Biggest Valentine Ever
Lin, The Ugly Violin
Randall, Lets Talk about Vehicles
Stevens, Tops and Bottoms
Shelly-Admont, I Love to Eat Fruits and Vegetables
Thiesling, The Viper
Thomas, Rhyming Dust Bunnies
Saltzman, What in the World in a Violin
Gibbons, The Vegetables We Eat

Letter P Books for a Toddler

Just another "letter of the week" book list! I couldn't find anything else that quite fit what I was looking for so I'm saving my lists and observations for use in the future. This is compiled from several sites on the internet and my own browsing at the library. Tops picks are based on the interest of a 2.5 year old. My top picks have significant repetition of the letter sound and hold a toddler's attention.

The regulars:
My P Book, Jane Belk Moncure
Pp, Kelly Doudna

Top picks:
Little Pea, Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Pancakes, Pancakes!, Eric Carle This book may have too many words for some toddlers, but it was a big hit here.
Peedie, Oliver Dunrea
The Paperboy, Dav Pilkey
Piggy Pie Po, Audrey & Don Wood, Super silly, but we really enjoyed it.

Pinkalicious, Victoria and Elizabeth Kann, 
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy, Mo Willems, I'm not usually crazy about Mo Willems books, but this was clever.

Penguin and Pumpkin, Salina Yoon
The Pout Pout Fish, Diesen


Books Other Children May Enjoy:
Each Peach Pear Plum, Janet and Allan Ahlberg, This is a fun book if you are more familiar with fairy tales than my toddler is.
Thank You, Mr. Panda, Steve Antony



What I don't recommend:
Pippa at the Parade, Karen Roosa, This was a good book for introducing a what a parade was, but didn't include much of the "p" sound.
Pig and Pug, Lynne Berry, There was many, many "p" words on each page, but this book was so hard to follow. It may be easier with older children when you can take in the book more slowly. I imagine a certain sense of humor may like this book better than I did!



What I couldn't find (but would look for in the future):
Pig and Pug, Marchesani
One Potato, Two Potato, DeFelice
Pigs Love Potatoes, Denise
Lily's Purple Plastic Purse, Henkes
The Caterpillar and the Poliwag, Kenty
Tacky the Penguin, Lester
Potato Pants, Keller
The Three Little Pigs, marshall
Paper Bag Priness, Munsch
Pigs in the Mud,Plourde
The Penguin and the Pea, Pearlman
Poppleton, Rylant
Perfectly Percy,Schmid
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, Scieska
Pete's A Pizza, Steig
Pigsty, Teague
Press Here, Tullet
Too Many Pumpkins, White
Piggies, Wood
Perfect Pancakes if You Please, Wise

Letter N Books

Just another "letter of the week" book list! I couldn't find anything else that quite fit what I was looking for so I'm saving my lists and observations for use in the future. This is compiled from several sites on the internet and my own browsing at the library. Tops picks are based on the interest of a 2.5 year old.

The regulars:
My N Book, Jane Belk Moncure
Nn, Kelly Doudna

Top picks:
The Gift of Nothing, Patrick McDonnell
Not Quite Narwhal, Jessie Sima, Not a lot of Ns in this book, but my toddler just loved it

No Nap, Eve Bunting
The Perfect Nest, Catherine Friend
Nini Here and There, Anita Lobel, Our favorite of the week!

In November, Cynthia Rylant
Ninja, Arree Chung, My toddler wasn't into this, but I thought it was great.

Someday Narwhal, Lisa Mantchev


What I don't recommend:
The Three Ninja Pigs, Corey Rosen Schwartz, A very fun and clever book, but not many "n" sounds
Noisy Nora, Rosemary Wells, We love Wells' books, but this didn't have many "n" sounds, and also called the main character, Nora, "dumb" which I didn't like.

Ninja Bunny, Jennifer Gray Olson, A cute book, and we do love bunnies, but not many "n" sounds.

What I couldn't find (but would look for in the future):
A Nest is Noisy, Aston
Night Tree, Eve Bunting
The Name Jar, Choi
Nana Upstairs and Nana Downstairs, DePaola
Nighttime Ninja, DeCosta
My New York, Jakobson
The Nutcracker, Jeffers
The Numberlys, Joyce
No, No Titus, Masurel
Just a Nap, Mayer
The Nose Book, Perkins
Hello Ninja, Wilson
The Napping House, Wood
 

Letter O Books for a Toddler

Just another "letter of the week" book list! I couldn't find anything else that quite fit what I was looking for so I'm saving my lists and observations for use in the future. This is compiled from several sites on the internet and my own browsing at the library. Tops picks are based on the interest of a 2.5 year old.

The regulars:
My O Book, Jane Belk Moncure
Oo, Kelly Doudna

Top picks:
Ollie, Dunrea, short and simple read.
Oh!, Henkes, You can teach your toddler to recognize and read each "oh"!

Owen, Henkes,
Thank You, Octopus, Farrell, This book is goofy, and was a huge hit.

Otis, Long
The Cow That Went Oink, Most, If you like finding letters on the page there are lots of "o"s to do that with in this book!
Olivia, Falconer, The story was bland, but the sound repetition was there.

In! Over! and On! the Farm, Long, A big hit.
Little Oink, Rosenthal, These books (Little Hoot, also) are hit and miss with the toddler here, but a fun read.


Longer books for older children:
Also an Octopus, We got through this book, but the concepts were a little too advanced for my toddler.
One Odd Day, Fisher and Sneed, This is a neat math book about odd and even numbers!



What I don't recommend:
Ox-Cart Man, Hall An interesting book, but it was long for younger children and didn't have a lot of "o" sounds.
The Odd One Out, Teckentrup We loved this book for the puzzles. It's not helpful for learning the "o" sound though.
One, Otoshi, This may go over better with older children. Sometimes it felt hard to separate the numbers, sounds, and colors in this book in a way that a toddler could understand. I think it's best purposes could be in other lessons, like colors, numbers, bullying.
An Octopus is Amazing, Lauber, A non-fiction book about octopuses. With my toddler, this type of read doesn't reinforce the sound because the words octopus just isn't repeated enough. I could see other children making the association, though.


What I couldn't find (but would look for in the future):
Over in the Ocean, Berkes
Oscar the Otter, Benchley
Octopus Opposites, Blackstone
I Have an Olive Tree, Bunting
Old MacDonald Had A Farm, Dean
How To Hide an Octopus, Heller
Oliver, Hoff
Owl at Home, Lobel
My Very Own Octopus, Most
Olivia Owl Finds a Friend, Pledger
Ok Book, Rosenthal
Beautiful Oops, Saltzberg
Oliver, Sif
Octopus Alone, Srinivasan
Oops, Timmers
An Octopus Followed Me Home, Yaccarino

Letter K Books for a Toddler

Just another "letter of the week" book list! I couldn't find anything else that quite fit what I was looking for so I'm saving my lists and observations for use in the future. This is compiled from several sites on the internet and my own browsing at the library. Tops picks are based on the interest of a 2.5 year old.

The regulars:
My K Book, Jane Belk Moncure
Kk, Kelly Doudna

Top picks:
Koala Lou, Mern Fox This book took some time to get into, but by the end of the week she loved it.
Kitten's First Full Moon, Henkes Nice and simple, worked well for the toddler attention span. "Kitten" is on every page.
Kite Day, Hillenbrand "K" is not used a whole lot in this book, but it introduced the idea of a kite for us.
Counting Kisses, Katz I'm not crazy about Karen Katz books bu my toddler loves them. "Kiss" is on every page.
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub, Wood The art in the book is so engaging. It has less "k" sounds than I go for, but we both loved reading it and spotting things in the pictures.


Longer books for older children:
Katy No-Pocket, Payne This book is so cute and sweet, and truly about a kangaroo, so lots of "k"s! There are a lot of words on each page and it was just too long for a toddler.
A Kissing Hand, Penn We did get through this one once, but she was never that interested again, and getting through it that one time was difficult. There weren't a lot of "k" sounds, but the story is good for a child with some separation anxiety.



What I don't recommend:
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Carle Save this for "M" week! The word "mother" is repeated over and over, but "kangaroo"only shows up once.
The Princess Knight, Funke This uses silent "k", not the "k" sound.
The Noisy Paint Box, Rosenstock A cool story about Kandinsky, but not featuring the letter "k"



What I couldn't find (but would look for in the future):
Kate, the Cat, and the Moon by David Almond
K is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo by Giles Andrea, I'd love to find this, since we love "Giraffes Can't Dance".
Small Knight and George by Rhonda Armitage
The King and the Three Thieves by Kristin Balouch
Imagine You are a Knight, Meg Clibbon
King Midas and the Golden Tough by Charlotte Craft
The Knight and the Dragon, Tomi DePaola
Butterflies for Kiri, Cathryn Falwell
The King, the Mice, and the Cheese, Gurney I read several reviews that this book is excellent.
A Kiss for Little Bear, Minarik
Stuck, Jeffers
Knock at the Door, Kemp
Kite Flying, Lin
Marsupial Sue, Lithgow
The Bravest Knight, Mayer
Take Care, Good Knight, Moore
A Pocketful of Kisses, Penn
A Kiss Goodbye, Penn
Big Red Kangaroo, Saxby
Kali's Song, Winter
Bear and Kite, Wright