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My ABC Books

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My sweet little toddler is now my Two (I can hardly believe it!) and talking up a storm. We love to see how much he’s absorbed what we’ve been saying to him for the first two years of his life — and also to observe what he doesn’t know.  (He’s finally figured out that a cat is not a “doggie.”)

My Two loves to page through the emergent readers that I’ve created for his older brothers. They’re just the right size for his little hands.  So I decided to create him his own set of little books — but instead of being sight word readers, they would be a set of simple alphabet books.

26 alphabet books with photographs

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Does this post look different than the last time you visited?  The books have been updated!

Why I created these simple alphabet books:

  • to create a simple library of books that my Two could call his own
  • to use simple pictures – mostly photographs – that would catch his eye
  • to label each picture with a single word to build his vocabulary and let him read along
  • to repeat the letter on each page so that he’d start to recognize the alphabet
  • to provide something special that is also replaceable – since many toddlers aren’t always kind to books.

reading alphabet book

How to use My ABC Books:

  • Read them aloud to your baby or toddler.
  • Let your little one handle the books himself – you can always come back and print a book that’s been torn.
  • Give these to your preschooler to “read” himself.  He may even start to recognize some of the words. He may also enjoy reading these to his younger sibling!

reading alphabet book 2

  • If you’re doing a letter of the week activity in your home or classroom, print out the corresponding letter book for your child(ren).
  • Give the books as a gift.  While it’s against my Terms of Use to give the pdf file to someone else, you’re welcome and encouraged to print and assemble any of my printables to give as a gift.  I packaged these up and mailed them to my little nephew for Christmas (just before his first birthday).

A quick video of me reading the book to my baby and toddler:

(Please note: the books have been updated, so they look slightly different than what you see in the video.)

How to assemble

  • Print pages 2-5 of each book (page 1 is my Terms of Use) on medium to heavy cardstock.   Be sure to print front to back.
  • Cut a horizontal line across the center of each page.
  • Fit the pages together, making sure the cover is on the front. The other pages can go in any order you choose.
  • Staple using a long-armed stapler (they’re cheap – and totally worth it!).
  • If desired, cover each book with clear contact paper to make it more durable.

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90 Comments

  2. Mary Roper

    I found these alphabet books while searching for alphabet flash cards that had real letter X words/items— Fox, Mix, and so on… so many have Xylophone and we are teaching English at a Childrens Home in Thailand- we don’t need to confuse the kids with the X by using Xylophone as the example for the Letter.

    I love the idea of a Book- but we have 100+ children from ages 2-20 meaning books would be a bit expensive and would likely be lost rather quickly, so I have actually printed these off as— FLASH CARDS! I cut them and laminated them the children love them and the older youth on campus appreciate that they are not cutesy preschool cartoon drawings.

    Thank you so much! As a person out here sourcing curriculum and building a program I know the work that goes into such things. I spent 4 hours yesterday finding a dashed alphabet font and building ABC Bingo Penmanship/Phonics cards. Call out a-a-apple and the children have to find the A on their card and trace it to “Mark” it on the Bingo card. 😀 all that to say I know the work you put into these and I really do appreciate you making these available to others. <3

    Mary
    Faithful assistant to the beloved Ajarn Jerry of Agape Home for Children, Chiang Mai, Thailand

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  3. Farin

    Thank u so much for thid wonderful set….I was looking for something similar with clear picture and letters..They r simple yet so beautiful… Thank u ….again…following ..ur blog

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  6. Zelna

    I want to say, dear Anna, and really mean it-, You are a darling! I am a coordinator at a small Nursery for Arab children and will use these lovely books right through out our school – from the littlies right to the “big” four year olds. They are also SUPER for enhancing vocabulary as English is our second language. I have also bought your Simple sight word readers and the kids love these. May God bless you, your family and the great job that you do!

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  9. Charlbert Robinson

    I’m already a subscriber and absolutely love your site with it’s many wonderful resources. I am thrilled that you are out there making it easier to find emergent readers for people to do…..believe me they are in high demand.
    Thank you so much for your hard work and efforts.

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  10. Nisha

    Dear Anna
    Thank you very much for sharing your wonderful resources. Yours is my go-to website for all learning and project work. My children prefer your worksheets to cartoons hands down and never tire of asking for more, in fact, its tantrums all the way until I hand them a stack of worksheets to satisy them! God bless your kind heart and your beautiful family. Have a wonderful faith-filled Christmas and a blessed New Years.

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    • Anna Geiger

      Thanks so much for your encouraging note, Nisha! We pray for a beautiful Christmas this year with our new baby. In fact we leave for the hospital in an hour to start an induction. It’s not what I was praying for, but God knows best. Praying he keeps the baby and me safe today with a manageable (and not terribly long!) labor. Merry Christmas!

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  11. Nida

    Hai Anna..

    Im sooo happy that id found your website. This was recommended by our English mentors in our school, Mr Ben. He now is already in Alaska with his sons .

    Anyway, Im sooo thrilled n cant wait to try mos of your idea here. Thank you so much, for providing us , teachers the idea on teaching English more fun

    Til then..

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  14. Jany Chen

    Thanks a lot.
    It’s amazing for learning English. Especially for Asia kids.
    Could you kindly help to check the connection for letter Q?
    I could download all of them, but the file I downloaded from letter Q shows the pack of letter R.

    Jany

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  18. Farhana

    Hi Anna,

    I love your pages so much & I thought it’s very generous of you to share all these wonderful resources.

    My girl will turn 4 this year and she still doesn’t recognize the letters. I thought of teaching her the capital letters first and then only small letters. I also tried to teach her how to use the letters that she already recognized to form certain words/sounds so that she won’t feel bored. Currently I write the words in capital letters.

    However, almost every books including yours is introduces the letter in capital & then form the words in small letters. So I thought may be you tried to teach these children both capital & small letter at the same time. Am I right? Based on your experience, how does it usually works with the children?

    Thanks. 🙂

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    • Anna Geiger

      Hello, Farhana! Actually I am in the process of revising these books so that they have both the capital and lowercase letters. In my experience, teaching very young children the alphabet (toddlers) works best with just capitals, but it seems that kids can pick up both capital and lowercase pretty easily when you use them both and they see them often. I will be starting a letter of the week with my soon to be 3 year old, and I’m going to teach both capital and lowercase together. I think if you are trying to teach her to read alongside letter recognition, teaching both together is a great idea. If it’s too much for her, you can always step back and focus on capital letters first. They are easier to recognize, which is why many people do it that way.

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  19. Nicole

    Hi Anna,
    Thanks so much for kindly sharing your hard work. I am teaching Prep in Australia for the first time in 2015 and am so excited to find your books that I can use with my students as I introduce each sound. Your really are very kind for sharing these for free.
    Thanks Nicole

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  22. janet

    Your love of teaching is inspiring! Thank you for all of this. I used to spend so much time on different sites putting together lesson plans for my little one. Now I found your site and it has everything I need, want and more.

    Thank you! I know how much precious time it must take to do all of this and I really really appreciate it. Telling all my friends!

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    • Anna Geiger

      Thank you, Janet – I so appreciate your comment! That’s been my goal – to present things in a helpful and organized way so that you can spend less time hunting around. It does take a lot of time, but I love doing it — thanks SO much for passing along my site!

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  24. Anne

    Thank you for these!! When I go to print the letter S the star picture does not appear. I have tried a couple different times. If you could let me know if I am doing something wrong I would appreciate it! Again thanks for these books. I am hoping my KDGers will love them!

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  25. Jody

    Hi Anna, I just found these from a Pinterest pin. They are wonderful! You did a great job!
    I am getting ready for fall and will be doing the letter S. When I open that book, I get the letter R again. Anyone else have this problem? Can you help with the letter S?
    Thanks!!

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    • Anna Geiger

      You wrote this comment over a month ago, but I just wanted to say thank you for writing! I spent a lot of time on these and I’m glad to know you can get some use out of them too. 🙂 Have a great week!

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  27. Katherine

    Hi Anna,
    I am thrilled to have found your website and I appreciate all the free printables you provide. I do have one problem, though. I love your abc books so I decided to make the complete set. I borrowed a cool laminator and bought cartridges and tag paper. I followed your directions but when I went to put the book together it didn’t work. What I mean is first there would be the front page, then I would open it and I would see nothing then I turned the page and saw the letter, then another page turn and another letter then another page turn and a picture. I printed out each letter download and cut horizontally across the middle. I just don’t understand what I missed. Was there something missing from your directions or am I just an idiot 😉 Please help because I would really like to have these books for my preschoolers. When I read the above comments I want to know how everyone made their books and did not have the same problem I am having.

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  28. Sue Brooks

    I’m so very excited to have come upon your wonderful site full of ideas and free emergent readers for little ones.
    I work as an Early Lit Specialist and currently offer interactive programming for kids 18 mo -5 and their parents/caregivers.
    I’m in the process of planning a Baby Lapsit story hour for our local library. It would be wonderful if you’d consider sharing some ideas/links with me.
    With care, Sue Brooks

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  29. shaya

    thank you so much, it is great to have this libreary. thank you so much. i have a quesion, when you read the book “A” in one page and aligator is in another, do you say the name of the letter or the sound, would you please explain it for me, i have trouble with this part. dont they confused? I will have 3 preschool students should I make 3 books and give to them to take home or just put the books in the classroom library? thank you once again

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    • Anna Geiger

      Hi Shaya,
      I created the books to teach the letter, but sometimes I say both the letter and the sound. I might say… “A.” “/a/, /a/, /a/” (that’s the sound) “Alligator.” You could do whatever felt right to you. Some people teach the sounds BEFORE teaching letters. I prefer to teach sounds first so I would probably just start with that if I thought that saying both would be confusing.

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    • Anna Geiger

      Thanks, Katie! These took an insane amount of time, but I wanted to make them for my toddler anyway – so knowing I could share them on my blog helped make sure I got the project done. He is starting to love them and “read” them himself. Worth all the work!

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    • Arshad Rashid

      Dear
      I am very impressed to see this resource pack. Behind this resource pack you have suffered much time in preparing. I appreciate your struggle in this regard. In fact I am searching this unique material for my kids. I am studying my kid in Smart School that is a project of City School of Pakistan. Where all children learn by doing.

      Once again thanks for this.

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