Alphabet Books for Bigger Kids
I’ve been on the hunt for clever ABC and alphabet books that won’t bore my older kids! My 5 year old has hit that special developmental stage when letters come alive! He is segmenting words for fun because it sounds silly, rhyming words to make “jokes,” and noticing text as we are out and about. It’s so fun! To encourage his newfound interest in letters and their sounds, I’ve of course turned to books! Alphabet books!
So many ABC books are for kids much younger than my son, and being the second born he has a STRONG radar for anything remotely babyish. I’ve managed to hook him with several titles that his big brother (7yo) has enjoyed too! Many of these titles have various entry points for different levels of readers, from identifying/searching for letters (uppercase and/or lowercase) to puzzling out which pictures illustrate letter sounds.
This will be a working list, but our current favorites are below! All links are affiliate links .As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Q is for Duck: An Alphabet Guessing Game
An Excessive Alphabet: Avalanches of As to Zillions of Zs
Search and Find Alphabet of Alphabets
Oops Pounce Quick Run! An Alphabet Caper
P is for Pterodactyl *for MUCH older kiddos. This was tricky for the adults in our home to read, too 😉 but very fun!
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