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