Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.

Setting: Unknown
Characters: Brown Bear, Red Bird, Yellow Duck, Blue Horse, Green Frog, Purple Cat, White Dog, Black Sheep, Goldfish, Mother, Boy, Children,
Theme: Colors and animals

This story starts off by asking the Brown Bear what he sees and continues on through other colored animals, and it brings itself to a close by asking the children what they see. This story just reinforces colors as well as animals.

Dr. Seuss's ABC by Dr. Seuss

Setting: Unknown
Characters: Various people and things that start with the letters in the alphabet
Theme: Alphabet

This story is a silly Dr. Seuss book that goes through the alphabet naming things from the Seussian world the begin with each letter.

Ten Apples Up On Top by Theo. LeSieg

This story has a bunch of animals counting apples as the balance them on their heads. In the end of the story, the animals are all racing down a hill worrying that they might spill them.

A Pair of Socks by Stuart J. Murphy

This book talks about a bunch of different socks such as grimy ones and fluffy ones. In the end it asks the child to match the socks.

The Disappearing Alphabet by Richard Wilbur

In this story, the alphabet begins to disappear! It eventually disappears letter by letter until finally Z is sleeping.

Alphabet Mystery by Audrey Wood

Setting: Charley's room, Master's castle
Characters: Little letters a-z, Capital I, Giant Capital M
Theme: Alphabet


Charley's alphabet was about ready for bed, and they all sounded off before bedtime, but Little x didn't answer. The other Little letters were worried and saw that the pencil was missing. He must have flown away on it. So the rest of the Little letters got on another pencil and flew all over until they saw Charley's pencil at a castle. It was the Master's castle. Capital I answered the door and let them in. The letters saw Little x tap dancing on a xylophone to keep the Giant M asleep. Little x said he didn't want to go back home because Charley never used him, but the other letters said he would need him the most out of any other letter tomorrow for a present for his mom. The Little x stopped, and Giant M woke up and said he would turn them all into alphabet soup. Little x said he needed to go to do something nice for Charley's mom, Giant M said he should do the same thing for his own mom. So Giant M led them to the treasure room and said that each letter could choose something to make Charley's mom's present special. Then Giant M and Capital I decided to go back to Charley's house with the rest of the Little letters. Charley ended up making a cake for his mom. He used Capital I and Giant M, but her use Little x 4 times for kisses.

K is for Keystone by Kristen Kane

Setting: Pennsylvania
Characters: Amish, Bill Cosby, Deer, Frank Lloyd Wright, Lincoln, Ben Franklin, James Buchanan, Milton Hershey, Native Americans, Punxsatawny Phil, Quakers, and George Washington.
Theme: Pennsylvania Facts

This book goes through the ABCs while naming things in Pennsylvania that go along with those letters. A is for Amish, B for Bill Cosby, C for caves and coal mines, D for white-tailed deer and so on until Z for the Philadelphia Zoo. It also gives explanations about each thing and explains their importance to Pennsylvania.

On Market Street by Arnold Lobel

Setting: Market Street
Characters: Boy, Cat
Theme:Alphabet, Companionship

In this story a boy goes to Market Street and buys a whole lot of stuff. The items he buys go in alphabetical order, and he buys huge amounts of each thing and gets covered in these items. It almost looks like he's wearing outfits made out of a bunch of each item. He buys apples, books, clocks, donuts, eggs, flowers, gloves, hats, and so on until zippers. After he's done shopping, Market Street closes. It turns out he bought all of the items for his friend who is a cat.

The Dangerous Alphabet by Neil Gaiman

Setting: Underground
Characters: Boy, Girl, Animal, Bad Guys, Storyteller, male character.
Theme: Alphabet, Helping others

This story goes through the alphabet as the boy, girl, and animal ride in a boat. The girl ends up getting captured. The boy and animal try to find her and help her. Once he finds her, he follows her and the bad guys that have her. The boy ignores all the warnings he's given and goes after the girl. He finally saves her, and they meet up with a man in the end.

Counting Kisses by Karen Katz

Setting: Bedtime
Characters: Mom, Baby, Grandma, Dog, Cat, Dad, Sister
Theme: Counting, Love

At bedtime everyone kisses the baby goodnight. The baby gets ten kisses on her toes, nine on her feet, eight on the knees, seven on her belly, six on her chin, five on the nose, four on her hands, three on her ears, two on the eyes, and one on her head. After all of the kisses, it's time for bed and the baby goes to sleep.

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

Setting: Great green room, Night
Characters: Old Lady, Kitten, Mouse
Theme: Saying goodnight

This story goes through everything in the great green room, and then says goodnight to all of them. There are pictures of the three bears and a cow jumping over the moon. There are kittens, mitten, a house, a mouse, a comb, a brush, and an old lady whispering "hush." Then the story says goodnight to everything including the moon, room, clocks, socks, stars, airs, and noises everywhere