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Writing - Kindergarten Countdown

List of fun writing resources to develop the skills needed to start writing.

Contra Costa County Library

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  • Bus Driver B travels through the town where the alphabet lives, loading his bus with passengers from A to Z, including a masked R and Detective D.
    Picture BookNew York : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, 2018. — JPB FARRELL, D.
  • Jerome enjoys collecting and using words that he hears, reads, or sees, and then decides to share his collection with others.
    Picture BookNew York : Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic, Inc., 2018. — JPB REYNOLDS, P.
  • A hands-on sensory book that helps readers learn their ABCs and write letters. With colorful animals and letters on every spread.
    Board BookNew York : Little Simon, 2022. — JPB URBAN, C.
  • Stories and pictures to make learning alphabet sounds enjoyable.
    BookNew York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2006] — JE MASLEN, B.
  • This playful tale about creativity will inspire budding authors everywhere to envision new ways to write stories of their own. With or without words!
    Picture BookToronto, ON ; Tonawanda, NY : Kids Can Press, [2016] — JPB LARSEN, A.
  • A humorous, alphabetical look at all the things animals can't do but kids can.
    Picture BookNew York : Doubleday Books for Young Readers, 2021. — JPB LAZOWSKI, A.
  • When Miss Greer asks each child in the class to write a story, second-grader Aaron, who loves to draw but struggles with reading, creates a story using pictures.
    Picture BookNew York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2021. — JPB BEATY, A.
  • A picture book about transformations.
    Picture BookNew Milford, Conn. : Roaring Brook Press, 2007. — JPB SEEGER, L.
  • One Day, the End

    Short, Very Short, Shorter-than-ever Stories

    Dotlich, Rebecca Kai,
    Very short stories, averaging three pages each, told by a little girl.
    Picture BookHonesdale, Pennsylvania : Boyds Mills Press an imprint of Highlights, [2015] — JPB DOTLICH, R.
  • An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.
    Picture BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c1989. — JPB MARTIN, B.
  • Little Plane learns to write by practicing his skywriting.
    Picture BookNew York : Roaring Brook Press, [2017] — JPB SAVAGE, S.
  • Describes the career paths available to readers who love books, including author, editor, or book designer.
    BookNew York, New York : Simon Spotlight, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division, 2020. — J070.5023 DENNIS
  • Labeled pictures introduce vocabulary words for common objects, social scenes, school activities, and such abstract concepts as kindness and happiness.
    Board BookLake Forest, CA : Words & Pictures, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2019. — JPB MY
  • If you want to know how to teach writing to your kids, you should first focus on pre-writing skills. Pre-writing activities help the kids to strengthen his fine motor skills and these are precursor to formal hand writing lessons.
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