Learn with a Story

Children's picture books focusing on early learning concepts, such as colors, letters, and numbers.

Updated May 30, 2023
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Click, clack, splish, splash : a counting adventure
Cronin, Doreen.
Paper Book
1 farmer sleeping. 2 feet creeping 3 buckets piled high. 4 chickens standing by. Duck is about to trick poor Farmer Brown once again. While the farmer is sleeping the afternoon away, Duck and the other animals are planning a most unusual fishing trip. Sneaking...
From head to toe
Carle, Eric.
Paper Book
From Eric Carle, the New York Times bestselling creator of beloved books including The Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Grouchy Ladybug, comes From Head to Toe, a colorful and energetic book that will have young readers clapping their hands, stomping their feet, and wiggling their toes! ...
Little Owl's day
Srinivasan, Divya
Paper Book
Little Owl has always been curious about daytime, but he's never been able to stay awake past dawn. Until now. When squirrel wakes him up with his loud chatter, Little Owl blinks open his eyes and realises that the large light in the sky is the sun! Soon, he's flying through the forest, exploring a...
Stack the cats
Ghahremani, Susie
Paper Book
One cat sleeps. Two cats play. Three cats stack! Cats of all shapes and sizes scamper, stretch and yawn across the pages of this adorable counting book. And every now and then, they find themselves in the purrfect fluffy stack!
Mix it up!
Tullet, Hervé
Paper Book
A beautiful hardcover edition of the New York Times bestselling interactive picture book from the creator of Press Here! With the graphic intensity of Eric Carle, the interactive fun of Poke-a-Dot books, and the humor of The Day the Crayons Quit...
Say hello, Sophie!
Wells, Rosemary
Paper Book
Another pitch-perfect story about an irrepressible, charming, and endearing two-year-old from the creator of Max & Ruby Can Sophie say the word Hello? No! She just can't say it. Why? Because Hello and Thank you and Goodbye<...
The button book
Nicholls, Sally
Paper Book
This silly and sweet picture book introduces young children to colors through humor and clever interactive elements. For fans of Hervé Tullet's Press Here. Here's a button. I wonder what happens when you press it? Follow a group of animal friends as...
!Mezclalo bien!
Tullet, Hervé
Paper Book
Accept Hervé Tullet's invitation to mix it up in a dazzling adventure of color and tones. Follow the artist's simple instructions, and suddenly colors appear . . . mix . . . splatter . . . and vanish in a vivid world powered only by the reader's imagination. Tullet sets readers on an extraordinary...
The sour grape
John, Jory
Paper Book
The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! Don't miss the sixth picture book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Food Group series that's ripe with humor from Jory John and Pete Oswald! The Sour Grape holds grudges for every reason under the sun. Lime never returned a scarf they...
The sour grape
John, Jory
Paper Book
I like colors
Hicks, Barbara Jean.
Paper Book
A vibrantly illustrated mixture of colorful animals, bugs, plants and people are woven together with shapes, patterns and rhyming text in this captivating unique concept book. The colorful illustrations set on a black background spring from the pages and the rhyming text will keep the pages turning...
Pete the Cat : I love my white shoes
Litwin, Eric.
Paper Book
Don't miss the first and bestselling book in the beloved Pete the Cat series! Pete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand-new white shoes. Along the way, his shoes change from white to red to blue to brown to WET as he steps in piles of strawberries, blueberries, and other...
Hands can
Hudson, Cheryl Willis.
Paper Book
Hands can do all kinds of things! A rhyming text with eye-catching color photos offers just the encouragement young children need to explore their world -- hands on. Hands can hold things. Hands can mold things.  Hands can catch and hands can throw. ...
Balance the birds
Ghahremani, Susie
Paper Book
A follow-up to Stack the Cats, Balance the Birds is about balance and relative size. When birds spot a tree and decide to land on its branches, the readers can help them find the perfect balance. Like Stack the Cats, Balance the Birds introduces key early math skills...
Pete the cat and his four groovy buttons
Litwin, Eric.
Paper Book
An award-winning and bestselling Pete the Cat hardcover picture book! Count down with Pete in this rocking story that makes counting fun! Pete the Cat is wearing his favorite shirt--the one with the four totally groovy buttons. But when one falls off, does Pete cry? Goodness, no! He...
Pete el gato and his four groovy buttons
Litwin, Eric
Paper Book
Pete the cat and his four groovy buttons
Litwin, Eric.
Paper Book
Pete el gato : I love my white shoes
Litwin, Eric
Paper Book
Pete the Cat loves his white shoes, but he keeps stepping in different things that change their color. The songs that he sings about his footwear were intentionally left in English to match the recording that can be downloaded from the publisher's website
Trucks on trucks
Fairbank, Sorche
Paper Book
What's better than a truck A truck on top of another truck! Trucks on Trucks hits the highways and the byways while exploring basic concepts such as size, shape, color, numbers, and professions. A wonderful choice for children who love vehicles vehicles and books such as Donald...
The crayons' book of colors
Daywalt, Drew.
Paper Book
The crayons are back and brighter than ever in this board book of colors from the creators of the #1 New York Times Best Sellers, The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home. It's Duncan's birthday, and all the crayons want to make him a card!...
The crayons' book of numbers
Daywalt, Drew.
Paper Book
Counting is as easy as 1... 2... purple'... in this charming book of numbers from the creators of the #1 New York Times Best Sellers, The Day the Crayons Quit and The Day the Crayons Came Home. Poor Duncan can't catch a break! First, his crayons go on...
Dog's colorful day : a messy story about colors and counting
Dodd, Emma
Paper Book
For use in schools and libraries only. Dog always seems to be underfoot when something messy (and colorful) is spilt, giving readers ten different spots on his white coat to count before book's end and Dog's bath.
Dog's colorful day : a messy story about colors and counting
Dodd, Emma
Paper Book
Dog always seems to be underfoot when something messy (and colorful) is spilt, giving readers ten different spots on his white coat to count before book's end and Dog's bath. Reprint.
All year round
Katz, Susan B.
Paper Book
Follow two friends as they explore the changing seasons through the beauty of each month's iconic shapes and celebrations -- from January to December -- all year round.A world of shapes, twelve months abound,from four-cornered square, to circle, round.Circle round, ready to roll. Add two...
Mouse shapes
Walsh, Ellen Stoll.
Paper Book
What can you make with one oval, two circles, and eight triangles? Just ask three clever mice--who even find a funny way to trick a sneaky cat.             Ellen Stoll Walsh once again proves that she's a master of concept books in...
Mouse paint
Walsh, Ellen Stoll.
Paper Book
Perfect for fans of Lois Ehlert and Press Here, this charming picture book gently explores the world of color and celebrates the joy of creativity. One day three white mice discover three jars of paint--red, blue, and yellow. But what happens when they splash in the colors...
Alphabedtime
Hill, Susanna Leonard
Paper Book
A cast of adorable alphabet characters make this clever bedtime story a standout! Suppertime's over. Everyone's fed. Alpha Mom says, TIME FOR BED! It's a busy night for the Alphabet Family-after all, there are 26 kiddos to get ready for bed. A, B,...
K is for kindness
Horiuchi, Rina
Paper Book
Debut author/illustrator and sister duo have crafted a sweet ABC book that expresses how kindness can be found anywhere. Ape picks an apple for Aardvark below. Bat puts a bandage on Brown Bear's big toe. From aardvark to zebra, this delightful...
Bear is awake! : an alphabet story
Harrison, Hannah E.
Paper Book
In this delightfully different alphabet book from the creator of Extraordinary Jane, a curious bear makes a new friend. Suddenly "awake" in the middle of winter, a "big bear" explores a "cozy cabin," which Bear of course "enters...
Black and White Rabbit's ABC
Baker, Alan
Paper Book
Black and White Rabbit paints his way through the alphabet. Young children will enjoy following Alan Baker's inquisitive LITTLE RABBITS as they make new discoveries. Simple storylines and playful artwork offer a fresh approach to learning early concepts.
Let's add up!
Allenby, Victoria
Paper Book
6 pots + 4 pans = 10 dishes...or a feast! With the imaginative play of these creative preschoolers, exploring the concepts of categorization and adding up to 10 has never been so much fun. If you ask a grown-up to add up 8 cars + 2 trucks, they'll probably say that's 10 vehicles. And it's...
Tangled : a story about shapes
Miranda, Anne
Paper Book
"Clever fun." --Booklist "[A] delightful geometric tale...that kids will surely love." --School Library Journal From award-winning author Anne Miranda comes a rollicking rhyming story about an unruly gang of sixteen geometric shapes who get...
I dream of an elephant
Rubinger, Ami.
Paper Book
I Dream of an Elephant takes readers through a wondrous world where they will encounter elephants of many colorful shades that sing, dance, and play. Each page's descriptive sing-song text leaves out the last word, allowing little ones to chime in and complete the rhyme while learning a range of...
XO, Exoplanet
Underwood, Deborah
Paper Book
From bestselling author Deborah Underwood comes a lively and heartwarming letter writing exchange between all the planets in outer space to show the power of perspective. It was an ordinary day for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, (and don't...
Mouse seasons
Lionni, Leo
Paper Book
The first new original Leo Lionni picture book in nearly 30 years, featuring the beloved mouse Frederick as he guides his fellow mice--and young listeners--through a joyous celebration of the seasons. There is more than one way to prepare for a long winter, as Frederick tells his...

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