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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!

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  • 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.

Get an individual book by clicking on the link below. (Pssst… want to save yourself some time? Get all the books in a single file! Yay! Click here to learn more.)

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Comments

    • Anna Geiger says

      You’re very welcome, Jess! So glad you can use them. I’ll give you an FYI that these are going to be updated soon with different covers and (in some cases) different images. Plus I hope to have them in just a few downloads instead of 26. 🙂 Stay tuned!

      Reply

  3. Julie Silva says

    Thank you so very much for your wonderful resources! It is so great of you to share all of these with us…and they are very much appreciated! As I was downloading all of the alphabet books, I noticed that the Letter Q book is actually another copy of the Letter R book. Can you send me a link to download the Letter Q book, so that I can add it to my set of books I have already printed for use with one of my struggling little PK’ers?

    Again, thank you so very much for all that you do and your willingness and generosity to share with us! Be blessed!

    Julie Silva
    PK Teacher
    Wilson Elementary School
    Bartlesville, OK

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  4. Emma says

    You are fantastic! Well done! I live in Oman, in the Middle East where it is hard to come by books and activities for learning to read. Your site is awesome! Thank you!

    Reply

    • Anna Geiger says

      Thank you so much, Emma! It’s such a blessing to have the Internet, where we can share things with people all over the world!

      Reply

  5. Katie says

    You are amazing. I love all of your printables and ideas. We will be following along with the letter of the week activities! I really like the variety of activities for each letter. Thank you!

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    • Anna Geiger says

      I’m so glad you’ll be following along with us, Katie! It’s so much fun to find a variety of ways to learn the alphabet. My 3 year old is always asking to do “pwojects” with me. 🙂

      Reply

  6. haiyen says

    thank so much for your printables and ideas to learn, i try to teach my son learn English langue. im come from vietnam.

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    • Anna Geiger says

      I think these letter books are great for learning basic English vocabulary, Haiyen! I hope you enjoy them. 🙂

      Reply

  9. Anh Tran says

    Thank you so much! These are amazing! I will share your page to all the teacher I know.
    All the best,
    Van Anh

    Reply

  12. Meena Contractor says

    Hi,
    This picture books are so amazing and perfect for pre school children.
    Thanks for making and posting them.
    Meena

    Reply

  13. farida says

    well done great job!!we use a lot of ur resources for our kids…. I was trying to download the letter q book…their seems to be an error can you please help

    Reply

  14. Mariana says

    is it just me or do they not fold the right way from the printing. I saw you posted a “how to assemble” for someone else, and I’m still not getting it right. The pictures stay to the right and left side blank…what am I doing wrong? 🙁

    either way, these books are amazing and thank you so much for sharing!

    Reply

    • Anna Geiger says

      HI Mariana!

      So sorry for the delay in writnig you back here. Are you printing with Adobe Reader? It’s free, and you can get it here: https://get.adobe.com/reader/ Usually, that solves printing problems. Let me know if you still have trouble!

      Reply

  15. Marisa says

    I absolutely love your site and admire all the hard work you’ve put into these learning tools. Truly amazing! My little guy is only 13 months, but I want to start him on some of these tools. I’ve printed out one page of each alphabet book and created one card for each letter (e.g., only Cc for Cow) as a start. What other tools on your site might be appropriate for his age? More generally, is there anywhere on the site where the learning tools are listed chronologically (e.g., according to learning level / age)? Thanks so much for all you do!

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  16. Shelley says

    OMG, these are AMAZING! What a great resource! Looking forward to working my way through these with my toddler. Thanks for making all this available, very inspirational 🙂

    Reply

    • Anna Geiger says

      You’re very welcome, Shelley! Our current 2-year-old is really enjoying these right now. 🙂

      Reply

  17. Anne says

    Thank you so much for sharing these resources..It will do wonders for me and my kindergarten pupils here in the Philippines…I truly appreciated this..I’m teaching in public school and we have limited resources..I’m trying my best to provide them with materials which they can use in learning and your site is such an amazing tool to help us teachers and parents as well..Thank you and God Bless you more 🙂

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    • Anna Geiger says

      You’re very welcome, Anne – I’m so glad you can use these! My little ones have really enjoyed this set. 🙂

      Reply

  18. Lily Nguyen says

    Hi,
    Thank you very much for all of your materials. They help me a lot to introduce English and activities to my 2 year old son.
    I cannot download alphabet books and also song of rhythm for each letter. They get something as error.
    Please check your link.
    Best regards,

    Reply

  20. Lori Newton says

    Wow! Thank you very much! I recently started teaching English as a Second Language to children 3-5 years old, and your site is WONDERFUL! I will be back!

    Reply

  21. Keren N Hayes says

    Thank you for your generosity with your wonderful resources. I teach students with autism and love the clear, uncluttered pictures for them.

    Reply

  22. Leo says

    Thanks so much! I’m fortunate to find your web. I’m surprised by the delicate photo of each alphabet. I’m sure it will attract my son deeply.

    Reply

  23. Rebecca M says

    Hi there Anna,
    Just curious if your ABC books are available in B&W. I am interested in having my preschoolers colour the images.

    Reply

    • Anna Geiger says

      No – these are real images, so it’s impossible to get them in blackline like you can with clip art.

      Reply

  24. Sydney says

    These are amazing! I’m about to start more formal teaching with my 2-year-old. He already knows most of his letters but gets some confused. The word associations will be a great help, I think. Thanks for all the hard work you did on these. It really shows!

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  25. Stephanie says

    Thank you so much for making these free. These have really come in handy teaching my toddler the letter of the week. Thanks again and God bless!

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  26. Sheri says

    I was on Google looking for alphabet books for toddlers and this came up. It was exactly what I wanted and more. Thank you so much for sharing this, I really appreciate it!!

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  32. Becky says

    Just printed these for my almost 2 year old. He’s suddenly interested in letters and is always bringing me books and showing me he knows what the pictures are. He will love these.

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  33. momochi says

    Thank you so much for sharing such an amazing resources!
    Your site has just everything I wanted to try for my students!

    Thank you very much!

    From Japan

    Reply

  35. Katherine D Stowell says

    i really appreciate all your books. They are very helpful as my 22 year old daughter who now has an AAC device that she can use learns to read. I use my sewing machine with a basting stitch to sew the books together. It works great. Thanks.

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  36. rita says

    Thank you kindly for your free resources. I am an educator in an economically challenged community and for most of the time I buy resources and equipment at school out of my personal account. Your giving heart has certainly brought tremendous joy to my children at school. Stay blessed always.
    Love and Light
    rita

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  38. Ashleigh says

    I’m a little slow when it comes to putting together books like these. Lo L I cant figure it out. Can you give me specifics once i cut the pages in half horizontally

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    • Kate Dowling says

      Hi Ashleigh!
      This is Kate, Anna’s assistant. Here are all the assembly instructions:

      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.

      Reply

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