Red Sled by Lita Judge is a simple story of sled that is left outside and discovered by a bear and other creatures who use it to have a fast and glorious ride down a slope.  The only words are environment sounds "scrunch, scrunch, scrunch scrinch..." and sounds of glee; "Roooooooooooooooeoee" from the animals.  The font of the text varies in size to convey the loudness or softness of the noise.  When reading it aloud point out this technique to your child, follow the words with your finger and explain that as the letters get bigger, you make the sounds louder and louder.  This is a great book to emphasize that the letters in the words represent the sounds in words. 

In a classroom full of busy preschoolers, first “Adelaide annoyed Bailey, then Bailey blamed Clyde. Clyde cried. Then, Dexter drooled on Eloise” and so on until Zelda zaps Adelaide. Ultimately everyone apologizes, and has a quiet afternoon.

In addition to providing lots of opportunities to learn about letters and the sounds they represent, An Annoying ABC by Barbara Bottner offers many chances for adult readers to ask questions about interesting pictures. With limited text, the story is told through the pictures in the same way a wordless book works. As a result, it is natural to ask: “Why did Flora fume?” “What are Quentin and Roland quarreling about?” etc. building your child's language through conversation.

If your little one is a rock hound, this is the alphabet book for you!!  Leslie McGuick spent ten years gathering rocks shaped by the ocean to look like letters of the alphabet. In her book, she pairs each letter-shaped rock with rocks that represent objects that begin with that letter. (For example, a lemon-shaped rock with the "L"-shaped rock).

Beginning with "abuela" and ending with "z street", a boy and girl wander together through a barrio identifying aspects of the neighborhood.  Use this book to teach your child the names and sounds of letters.  Find the letter that starts his or her name and point out how both his or her name and the Spanish word "start with the same sound".  Don't try to interest your child in every letter of the alphabet in one sitting.  Select just a few letters to talk about and then move on to describing what you see in the pictures.