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Concept Books

From ABCs and 123s to shapes and colors, get your learn on with these great concept books!

Mid-Continent Public Library

20 items

  • Practice your ABCs with a cast full of precious little peas with all sorts of jobs! Available in multiple formats.
    BookNew York : Beach Lane Books, [2010] — JE BAKER
  • Count from one to ten and back again with stacks and stacks of adorable cats! Available in multiple formats.
    BookNew York, NY : Abrams Appleseed, 2017. — JE GHAHREMANI
  • Take a walk through the woods with Bear and Mouse and discover all the different colors there.
    BookNew York, New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2014] — JE WILSON
  • An adorable story about finding what it is that makes each family special.
    BookToronto ; Berkeley : Groundwood Books : House of Anansi Press, 2016. — JE O'LEARY
  • Seasons change and so do our outdoor activities.
    BookNew York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2019. — JE NORMAN
  • Learn about big, small, and all the sizes in between with this fun book about sizes.
    BookNew York : Two Lions, [2014] — JE KANG
  • Opposnakes

    a Lift-the-flap Book About Opposites

    Yoon, Salina
    Friendly snakes teach reades about opposites in this interactive book.
    BookNew York, N.Y. : Little Simon, [2009] — JE YOON
  • These shapes are best friends! Available in multiple formats.
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, 2015. — JE
  • Ed, Ned, and Ted love rhyming, but Bob just doesn't seem to get it in this perfect introduction to rhyming words.
    BookNew York : Beach Lane Books/Atheneum Books for Young Readers/Simon & Schuster, [2009] — JE THOMAS
  • Get ready for baby's first words and introduce a variety of languages at the same time!
    BookNew York : Odd Dot, 2020. — JE TWENTY FIRST WORDS IN 20 LANGUAGES
  • Learn letters and the alphabet in American Sign Language with this delightful board book.
    BookNew York : Sterling Children's Books, [2014?] — JE
  • Un Elefante

    Numbers = Números : a Bilingual Counting Book

    Rodríguez, Patty
    This bilingual board book introduces numbers in both Spanish and English.
    Book[Los Angeles, CA.] : Lil' Libros, 2016. — JE RODRIGUEZ
  • Colors can be beautiful and delicious!
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2018] — JE HURLEY
  • Circles, squares, and rectangles are all around a young girl growing up in a Hispanic-American community. Available in multiple formats.
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, ©2013. — JE THONG
  • As a young boy imagines what it would like to be big like giraffes and gorillas, he also realizes how great being small is.
    BookGrand Rapids MI : Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 2015. — JE
  • Use this interactive book to explore how a tree changes as the seasons come and go.
    BookNew York : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2013] — JE MATHESON
  • Simple ryhming text perfect for learning about how families can look very different, but are always filled with love.
    BookNew York : Random House, [2015] — JE
  • Big and Little

    a Story of Opposites

    Pilgrim, Cheryl
    Despite the size related title, this is a book of opposites perfect for young readers.
    BookNew York : Holiday House, [2019] — JE PILGRIM
  • Readers who are ready to play with language will love this story about poor Orange, who doesn't rhyme with anything. Available in multiple formats.
    BookSan Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2017] — JE REX
  • This interactive board book is full of first words, great for building vocabulary.
    BookWilton, CT : Tiger Tales, 2018. — JE WALDEN