Alphabet Kit abe-6306
Books:
Ed Emberley's ABC, by Ed Emberley; On Market Street, by Arnold Lobel; Apricot ABC, by Miska Miles; A Farmer's Alphabet, by Mary Azarian; All in the Woodland Early, An ABC Book, by Jane Yolen; The Most Amazing Hide and Seek Alphabet Book, by Robert Crowther; A,B, See!, by Tana Hoban Dr. Seuss's ABC, by Dr. Seuss
Filmstrips/Cassettes:
Alfred's Alphabet Walk Bruno Munari's ABC
Flannelgraph:
Alphabet Set
Realia:
alphabet wagon apron with letters
Birds Kit abe-6307
Books:
The Little Bird, by Dick Bruna; Punch's Secret, by May Sarton; The Ice-cream Cone Coot & Other Rare Birds, by Arnold Lobel; Baby Beebee Bird, by Diane Massie; Squawk to the Moon, Little Goose, by Edna Preston
Filmstrips/Cassettes:
The Loon's Necklace Rosie's Walk
Flannelgraph:
Punch's Secret
Puppet Play:
Dazzle (with script)
Finger Play:
Chickadees
Props:
2 posters
1 stuffed bird
Christmas I Kit abe-6308
Books:
Claude the Dog, by Dick Gackenbach; Mousekin's Christmas Eve, by Dorothy Corey; The Night Before Christmas, by Clement Moore; Santa's Crash-Bang Christmas, by Steven Kroll; The Christmas Lamb, by Sekiya Miyoshi; Morris' Disappearing Bag, by Rosemary Wells; The Tomten, by Astrid Lindgren; Christmas in the Stable, by Astrid Lindgren
Filmstrips/Cassettes:
Morris' Disappearing Bag
Christmas in the Stable/The Tomten
Flannelgraph:
Claude the Dog Fingerplay: Santa Claus
Poster:
Christmas poster
Colors/Numbers Kit abe-6309
Books:
Tomato and Other Colors, by Ivan Chermayeff; See What I Am, by Roger Duvoisin; Nedobeck's Numbers Book, by Don Nedobeck; Hippos Go Berserk, by Sandra Boynton; One Hunter, by Pat Hutchins; Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue?, by Tana Hoban; Kitten from One to Ten, by Mirra Ginsburg
Filmstrips/Cassettes:
Ten What? Let's Find Out About Color
Flannelgraph:
10 Bears In My Bed (with script)
Fingerplays:
Enumeration
Five Little Babies
Realia:
apron with colors and numbers color characters
Dinosaurs Kit abe-6310
Books:
Dinosaurs and Beasts of Yore, by William Cole; Danger in Dinosaur Valley, by Joan Nixon; Danny and the Dinosaur, by Syd Hoff; In Granny's Garden, by Sarah Harrison; The Secret Dinosaur, by Marilyn Hirsch; Dinosaurs, by Mary Packard; Dinosaurs: A Pop-Up Book
Filmstrip/Cassette:
Danny and the Dinosaur
Flannelgraph:
A Dinosaur Is Too Big (with script)
Prop:
stuffed dinosaur
inflatable dinosaur
Families Kit abe-6311
Books:
Could Anything Be Worse?, by Marilyn Hirsch; Peter's Chair, by Ezra Jack Keats; Noisy Nora, by Rosemary Wells; Little Things, by Anne Laurin; A Baby Sister for Frances, by Russell Hoban; Maggie and the Goodbye Gift, by Susan and Jerry Milord; Whose Mouse Are You?, by Robert Kraus; William's Doll, by Charlotte Zolotow
Filmstrips/Cassettes: Could Anything Be Worse?
Peter's Chair
Flannelgraphs:
Maggie and the Goodbye Gift
William's Doll
Fingerplay:
Grandma's Spectacles
Posters:
7 posters
Friendly Animals Kit abe-6312
Books:
Caps for Sale, by Esphyr Slobodkina; The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrice Potter; Petunia, by Roger Duvoisin; Huge Harold, by Bill Peet; Three Big Hogs, by Daniel Pinkwater; George and Martha, by James Marshal;l George and Martha Encore, by James Marshall
Filmstrips/Cassettes:
Caps for Sale
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Puppet Plays:
George and Martha (with tape)
George and Martha Encore (with tape)
With: 2 hippo puppets, 1 headdress, 1 tutu, 1 bowl 1 sombrero, 1 mirror, 1 bathtub, and 3 tulips
Poem:
The Owl and the Pussycat
Fingerplay:
Kitten Is Hiding
Halloween Kit abe-6313
Books:
Wobble, the Witch Cat, by Mary Calhoun; The Gobble-uns 'll Git You Ef You Don's Watchout!, by Riley & Schick; The Tailypo, by Joanna Galdone; Humbug Witch, by Lorna Balian
Filmstrips/Cassettes:
A Woggle of Witches
Mousekin's Golden House
Puppet Play:
Humbug Witch (with tape)
With: 1 witch puppet and 1 cauldron
Fingerplays:
Halloween Is Here
Witch's Hat
Jack-O-Lantern
Poster:
1 Halloween poster
Humor Kit abe-6314
Books:
Could Be Worse!, by James Stevenson; Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing, by Judi Barrent; One Big Wish, by Jay Williams; There's an Ant in Anthony, by Bernard Most; Fat Magic, by Steven Kroll; Rotten Ralph, by Jack Gantos; You're a Little Kid with a Big Heart, by Bernard Waber; The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, by Peter Spier
Filmstrip/Cassette:
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
Puppet Play:
I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly (with tape)
With: 1 old lady puppet
Flannelgraph:
Pumpernickel, Tickle, and Mean Green Cheese
Monsters/Dragons Kit abe-6315
Books:
There's No Such Thing as a Dragon, by Jack Kent; The Mysterious Tadpole, by Steven Kellogg; King Krakus and the Dragon, by Janina Domanska; One Thousand Monsters, by Alan Benjamin; The Knight and the Dragon, by Tomie DePaola; The Aminal, by Lorna Balian
Filmstrips/Cassettes:
Monsters in the Closet
Monster Seeds
Puppet Play:
The Knight and the Dragon (with tape)
With: 1 knight puppet, 1 dragon puppet, and 1 restaurant backdrop
Nursery Rhymes/Fables Kit abe-6316
Books:
London Bridge Is Falling Down, by Peter Spier; If Wishes Were Horses Mother Goose, by Susan Jeffers; The Real Mother Goose; Mother Goose; Richard Scarry's Best Mother Goose Ever; The Three Little Kittens
Filmstrips/Cassettes:
The Mother Goose Treasury
London Bridge Is Falling Down
The Hare and the Tortoise/The Lion and the Rat
Flannelgraph:
Jack Kent's Fables of Aesop (with script)
Pets Kit abe-6317
Books:
Harry the Dirty Dog, by Gene Zion; Can I Keep Him?, by Steven Kellogg; Pepper and All the Legs, by Dick Gackenbach; Curious George Rides a Bike, by H. A. Rey; Where's Spot?, by Eric Hill; Puppies Are Like That, by Jan Pfloog; I Took My Frog to the Library, by Eric A. Kimmel
Filmstrips/Cassettes:
Curious George Rides a Bike
The Woodcutter's Duck
Flannelgraph:
No Ducks In Our Bathtub (with script)
Puppet Play: Pepper and All the Legs (with tape)
With: 1 dog puppet and 3 sets of legs
Fingerplays:
Five Little Kittens My Rabbit
Prop:
stuffed dog
Posters:
11 posters
Spring Kit abe-6318
Books:
Really Spring, by Gene Zion; Mother's Mother's Day, by Lorna Balian; Leprechauns Never Lie, by Lorna Balian; First Day of Spring, by Sharon Gordon; Arthur's April Fool, by Marc Brown; One Step, Two, by Charlotte Zolotow
Filmstrips/Cassettes:
In a Spring Garden/Attic of the Wind
Poems of the Spring Season
Flannelgraph: The Mouse and the Thunder (with script)
Puppet Play:
The Sleepy Sheep (with script)
Fingerplays:
Flowers April
Posters:
3 posters
Winter Kit abe-6319
Books:
Snow, by Roy McKie; Has Winter Come?, by Wendy Watson; Frederick, by Leo Lionni; Snow on Bear's Nose, by Jennifer Bartoli; Miffy in the Snow, by Dick Bruna; My Mother Hates Me In January, by Judy Delton
Filmstrips/Cassettes:
The Snowy Day
Henry the Explorer
Flannelgraph:
Miffy in the Snow
Puppet Play:
My Mother Hates Me In January (with tape)
With: 1 mother puppet and 1 boy puppet
Fingerplay:
Winter Cold
Poem: Winter Evenings
Posters:
2 posters