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Picture books that build vocabulary

Building a rich vocabulary is a pre-literacy skill - the more words a child is exposed to the more words they can understand when they begin reading. These picture books feature big words and rich vocabulary to help lay this foundation.

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  • Theo Thesaurus

    the Dinosaur Who Loved Big Words

    Johannes, Shelli R.
    Book, 2021New York : Philomel Books, 2021. — E JOHAN S
  • Hornswoggled!

    a Wacky Words Whodunit

    Crute, Josh
    Book, 2021Salem, MA : Page Street Kids, 2021. — E CRUTE J
  • Book, 2018New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018. — E HEOS B
  • Flibbertigibbety Words

    Young Shakespeare Chases Inspiration

    Guthrie, Donna
    Book, 2020Salem, MA : Page Street Kids, 2020. — E GUTHR D
  • Book, 2017New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2017. — E LEVIS C
  • Book, 1991New York : Greenwillow Books, c1991. — E HENKE K
  • Book, 2022San Francisco, CA : Blue Dot Kids Press, 2022. — E ORZEL M
  • P Is for Pterodactyl

    the Worst Alphabet Book Ever

    Haldar, Raj
    Book, 2018Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc., [2018] — E HALDA R
  • Book, 2010New York : HarperCollins, 2010. — E SNICK L
  • Book, 2019Boston ; New York : Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019] — E BELL C
  • Contrary Creatures

    Unique Animal Opposites

    Weinberg, James
    Book, 2018Salem, MA : Page Street Kids, 2018. — E WEINB J