Letters and Dots
Recommended Reading List
This is a list of print/braille and large print books available for you to check out that help support the Letters and Dots skill from the That All Children May Read early literacy curriculum. This list includes alphabet and counting books.
To order any of these titles, contact the library by email, mail or phone. You may also request these titles online through WolfPAC. Identification numbers for print/braille books begin with BR and large print books begin with LP. All audiobooks with the prefix DB are linked to the Braille and Audio Reading Download site (BARD) for downloading.
Babies (Birth through One)
Counting Kisses by Karen Katz
BR051710 (Uncontracted)
A family says goodnight to the baby by playing a kissing and counting game. Uncontracted braille. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2008.
Daddy Hugs by Karen Katz
BR053818 (Uncontracted)
Daddy and Baby count the hugs they share throughout the day. A board book. Uncontracted braille. PRINT/BRAILLE. For 2005.
Numbers by Chuck Murphy
BR050674
Cut-outs allow the reader to feel the number of items on each page while learning to count. A tactile board book. PRINT/BRAILLE. 1997.
One, Two, Three! by Sandra Boynton
BR051637
A counting book featuring animals from one to ten. A board book. PRINT/BRAILLE. 1993.
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox
BR018039
LP002046
Babies born in different countries and in different circumstances have in common ten little fingers and ten little toes. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2008.
Toddlers (Two through Three)
At the Edge of the Woods: A Counting Book by Cynthia Cotten
BR014044
A counting book--from one to ten and back again--in rhymes about animals and insects found at the edge of the woods. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2002.
Dr. Seuss's ABC by Dr. Seuss
BR008953
BR016723 (Uncontracted)
LP002161
Dr. Seuss adds nonsense and rhymes to the alphabet to make it fun for children to learn letters and their sounds. PRINT/BRAILLE. 1963.
Five Stinky Socks by Jim Benton
BR052311 (UEB)
A monster with five stinky socks explains why each sock is so smelly. A board book. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2015.
Sadie Can Count: A Multi-Sensory Book by Ann Cunningham
BR018010
Sadie explores her world. Inside her house, she finds four things. Outdoors she finds more, including her mother's lost keys! When she puts the keys away in a drawer, she finds many other things. Now Sadie can count to ten. A tactile book. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2006.
Ten Little Ladybugs by Melanie Gerth
BR053743
Children learn to count backwards as the tactile ladybugs disappear from the illustrations one-by-one. A tactile board book. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2000.
Preschool (Four through Six)
Alphamals: A-Z by Graham Carter
BR022028 (UEB)
DB089457
Read by Colleen Delany. Reading time: 11 minutes.
Lyrical text introduces the alphabet and facts about animals, from armadillos and elephants to penguins and zebras. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2017.
Chicka Chicka 123 by Bill Martin Jr., Michael Sampson and Lois Ehlert
LP002043
Rhyming text tells how numbers from one to one hundred climb to the top of a tree. 2004.
How Rocket Learned to Read by Tad Hills
BR020021
BR051592
DB075409
A little yellow bird teaches Rocket the dog how to read by first introducing him to the alphabet. Show-Me Award nominee, 2012-2013. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2010.
My Granny Went to Market: A Round-the-World Counting Rhyme by Stella Blackstone
BR016351
A grandmother travels around the world on a magic carpet buying presents in quantities of one to ten. She surprises her grandchild in Peru with a special gift. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2005.
The Sleepy Little Alphabet: A Bedtime Story from Alphabet Town by Judy Sierra
BR019006
It's sleepy time in Alphabet Town, but some of the little (lower-case) alphabet letters don't want to go to bed yet. A rhyming story. PRINT/BRAILLE. 2009.