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These books all feature a learning element to them, as well as featuring great stories.
ABCs and 123s
A is for Activist

A is for Activist
$15.95
A is for Activist is an ABC board book written and illustrated for the next generation of progressives: families who want their kids to grow up in a space that is unapologetic about activism, environmental justice, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, and everything else that activists believe in and fight for. The alliteration, rhyming, and vibrant i...

A Is for All the Things You Are: A Joyful ABC Book
$14.00
A Is for All the Things You Are: A Joyful ABC Book is an alphabet board book developed by the National Museum of African American History and Culture that celebrates what makes us unique as individuals and connects us as humans. This lively and colourful book introduces young readers, from infants to age seven, to twenty-six key traits they c...

A Is For Angry: An Animal And Adjective Alphabet
$18.95
C is for Classic! This all-new hardcover edition of the beloved Sandra Boynton alphabet book pairs every letter from A to Z with a favorite animal and an adjective with big personality. This ABC book introduces toddlers and young children to an Angry Anteater, an Energetic Elephant, a Hungry Hippo, some Merry Mice, a Rotund Rhinoceros, and mo...

Adventures with Barefoot Critters
$11.00
An ABC Book by Teagan White Everyone's favorite critters are back for another romp through the alphabet in this adorable board book.Join a charming cast of animal characters as they explore the alphabet in a simplified version of Teagan's beloved Adventures With Barefoot Critters. From gathering honey to building cozy campfires, the friends mak...

Alligator Alphabet (Board Book)
$14.00
Can you think of an animal for every letter of the alphabet? In this delightful ABC book, young children will learn the upper- and lowercase letters of the alphabet as they meet a parade of exotic and familiar creatures - from alligators to zebras, and impalas to quails. A companion to Counting Cockatoos and Octopus Opposites Ages 1 to 4 ...

An Alphabet of Stories - Oliver Jeffers
$16.00
from Once Upon an Alphabet The alphabet is gloriously brought to life by international best-selling picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers. This beautiful paperback edition is based on Once Upon an Alphabet which won the CBI Book of the Year Award. From an astronaut afraid of heights, to dynamic detectives the Owl and the Octopus, by way of some ...

BabyLit - Dracula: A Counting Primer
$14.00
Meet 2 friends, Mina and Lucy, and the 5 heroes who try to save them from the dreaded Count Dracula in Dracula: A BabyLit® Counting Primer. Make sure you’re wearing a necklace of 10 garlic flowers as you count wolves, ships, tombstones, and boxes full of soil in this witty retelling of Little Master Stoker’s classic gothic tale. JENNIFER ADAMS ...

BabyLit - Jane Eyre: A Counting Primer
$14.00
With the perennial popularity of classic writers like Jane Austen and William Shakespeare, Baby Lit is a fashionable way to introduce your toddler to the world of classic literature. With clever, simple counting text by Jennifer Adams, paired with stylish design and illustrations by Sugar's Alison Oliver, Little Miss Austen and Little Master Sha...

BabyLit - romeo & juliet: A Counting Primer
$14.00
With the perennial popularity of classic writers like Jane Austen and William Shakespeare, Baby Lit is a fashionable way to introduce your toddler to the world of classic literature. With clever, simple counting text by Jennifer Adams, paired with stylish design and illustrations by Sugar's Alison Oliver, Little Miss Austen and Little Master Sha...
Bear in a Square

Bear in a Square
$12.00
Bear in a Square Discover lots of different shapes with Bear. There are triangles on the waves, diamonds on the crown and stars in the sky. Rhyme, repetition and counting establish this book of shapes, and a two-page spread recapping the shapes and colors reinforces the educational building blocks. Ages 2 to 6 years Written By: Stella Blackstone...
C is for Canada

C is for Canada
$20.00
A is for Artic Char . . . B is for Beaver . . . C is for Caribou . . . With I is for Inuit, H is for Hockey, L is for Loonies, and O is for Ogopogo, going from A to Z has never been more fun. Take an alphabetic field trip through the Great White North and discover plants, animals, and places that make Canada well, unique, eh?
Counting on Community

Counting on Community
$15.00
Counting on Community is Innosanto Nagara’s follow-up to his hit ABC book,A is for Activist. Counting up from one stuffed piñata to ten hefty hens–and always counting on each other–children are encouraged to recognize the value of their community, the joys inherent in healthy eco-friendly activities, and the agency they posses to make change....
Kindness Counts 1 2 3

Kindness Counts 1 2 3
$18.00
Young readers can count down from 10 while discovering the many ways to make the world a kinder place. Thoughtful illustrations of children showing kindness and generosity will help kids learn the important concepts of empathy and compassion while counting down the many ways to be kind. Whether it be delivering cookies to a new neighbour, s...

Learn & Play with First Nations & Native Art
$12.00
Learn and Play with First Nations and Native Art is an 18-page concept board book from Native Northwest publishers. This unique title offers young children an introduction to concepts such as opposites, shapes, counting, the alphabet, colours, and search and find using Northwest Coast art designs and Woodland art style. Each artist's contribu...

Learn the Alphabet with Northwest Coast Native Art
$12.00
Learn the Alphabet with Northwest Coast Native Art is a 23-page board book from Native Northwest publishers. This unique title offers young children an introduction to the alphabet. The letters include the upper and lower cases for each. Each letter is depicted with the letters and a drawing of a Northwest Coast animal, natural feature or obj...
Let's Count Canada

Let's Count Canada
$20.00
1 Brilliant Blue Viola grows down by the stream 2 Eager Brown Beavers work great as a team 3 Black Canadian Geese fly high in a V 4 White Polar Bears play by the sea Numbers and colours are more fun in Canada! In this dynamic, colourful primer, young readers count from 1 to 10, learning about colours along the way - as they discover the places,...

Look at Those COWS! an ABC book of cattle
$25.00
Hamilton artist Julia Veenstra brings a fresh look to learning your letters - an alphabet of brightly painted cows! Accompanied by whimsical rhyming verses from her daughter, English teacher Rachel Cuthill, this book is page after page of fun for children 1 to 100. Get your signed copy today!Illustrated by Julia VeenstraWritten by Rachel Cuthi...

Mrs Peanuckle's Bird Alphabet
$12.00
From the albatross to the zebra finch, Mrs. Peanuckle pulls out her binoculars and introduces toddlers to 26 species of birds from all around the world. Described by a single interesting fact or defining characteristic, each bird proves to be as unique and surprising as the one before. Ever wonder why flamingoes are pink? It’s all those shrim...
Mrs Peanuckle's Bug Alphabet

Mrs Peanuckle's Bug Alphabet
$12.00
Mrs. Peanuckle’s Bug Alphabet introduces babies and toddlers to all sorts of interesting bugs. Perfect to read aloud, this creepy, crawly adventure will engage children and parents alike with its vibrant illustrations and fascinating facts about bugs. Learning the ABCs has never been so bitingly fun!Mrs. Peanuckle’s Bug Alphabet is the fourth...

Mrs Peanuckle's Tree Alphabet
$12.00
Whether they’re short or tall, pruny or smooth, full of berries or flowers or nuts, the 26 types of trees in this alphabet primer are sure to surprise and delight the youngest of readers (and their parents). After all, trees do more for us than sway in the wind. Did you know incense Cedars are perfect for making pencils? (So we can practice w...

Number Circus: A lift-the-flaps adventure
$25.00
Build early mathematics skills and have a blast with Number Circus! Questions on each colourful page set the reader on a seek-and-find adventure through the quirky illustrations, practicing key mathematics skills like counting, number recognition, understanding relative quantity and size, and more. Large, sturdy pages feature illustrated li...
Once Upon an Alphabet

Once Upon an Alphabet
$32.00
The letters of our alphabet work tirelessly to make words that in turn make stories, but what if there was a story FOR each of the letters instead? Turn the pages of this exquisite book to find out. Here you will discover twenty-six short stories introducing a host of new characters (plus the occasional familiar face). From Edmund the astronaut...

One Moose, Twenty Mice (Board Book)
$12.00
One Moose, Twenty Mice Count the animals from one to twenty while searching for the cat in this lively hide-and-seek selection that introduces animals like frogs, whales, monkeys, ducks, hens and elephants. Ages 1 to 4 years Written By: Stella Blackstone Illustrated By: Clare Beaton

Real Princess: A Mathemagical Tale (Paperback with CD)
$16.00
Practice your math skills while enjoying this quirky take on 'The Princess and the Pea.' The King and Queen and their three sons are on the search for a real princess, but it is only the Queen who knows the secret. After the story, there is an opportunity for readers to test their counting skills with fun number games. Book with ...