A to Z: An Alphabet of Animals
Lift-the-flap fun meets alphabet learning in A to Z: An Alphabet of Animals. Toddlers explore chunky letters, uncover sweet creatures, and build early literacy skills as they go.
$9.99
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2026 Tiny Tots Curriculum Kit
A to Z: An Alphabet of Animals
A to Z: An Alphabet of Animals is a lift-the-flap board book that turns the alphabet into a hide-and-seek game. Each letter on the page is itself a sturdy flap, cleverly shaped and ready to lift. Behind it waits an animal that starts with that letter—a narwhal under the N, an owl under the O, a peacock behind the P. Your toddler lifts, finds, repeats.
The chunky board pages are sized for small hands and sturdy enough for daily handling. The flaps are thick and easy for little fingers to lift, though like any lift-the-flap book, a bit of supervision helps them last. Chewed corners and ambitious yanks are part of toddler territory.
What this book does especially well is the part toddlers love most: surprise. Every page promises a hidden animal, and your child gets the satisfaction of doing the reveal himself. That small action—lift, look, name—builds letter recognition, animal vocabulary, and familiarity with the alphabet without making it feel like a lesson.
How to Use A to Z: An Alphabet of Animals
- Start by pointing to each letter and saying its name. Encourage your toddler to repeat after you—it doesn't have to be perfect.
- Show your child how to lift the cleverly shaped flaps to reveal the animal hiding underneath. "Look, J is for… jellyfish!"
- Let it stay playful. Let your toddler turn the pages, peek under the flaps, and talk about what he sees. The more fun it is, the more he'll want to come back to it.
This book rewards repetition—the more you read it together, the more your toddler picks up.
An alphabet of animals is hiding under each letter in this fun lift-the-flap book! Your little one will meet a collection of colorful new friends as he or she learns the letters from A to Z. Children will love to turn the chunky pages and lift the flap on each letter to discover what animal is hiding underneath. Young readers will meet an alligator under the A, a bear under the B, and a crab under the C. And who is hiding under the rest of the letters?
Publisher: Tiger Tales/Penguin Random House
Author: Harriet Evans
Illustrator: Linda Tordoff
Age Recommendation: 2-5
Grade Recommendation: Preschool-PreK
Faith-Based: No
Consumable: No
Pages: 20
Size: 7.375" x 7.375"
ISBN: 9781680106770
Format: Board book
Copyright: Sep. 14, 2021
”If I had to choose one alphabet book for babies and toddlers I would go with this one. We use this board book in multiple ways. We go over the letters, animals, the sounds they make, and the different colors used.”
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”I thought this book was very clever. It had a good variety of animals — including flamingos, narwals, tigers, and even urchins — and the flaps were sturdy and well anchored.”
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”This super cute board book has been great for encouraging early literature skills for my two youngest kiddos in our homeschool.”
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”This is a fun book for toddlers to help them learn the alphabet and to learn different animals. It's also good for fine motor skills when they have to use their fingers to lift up the flaps.”
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- July 30, 2024
Brittany G.
baby/toddler loves this book
- July 19, 2023
Fun board book
Aerie B.
My younger kids really like this book. Cute and fun pictures. Very colorful and helpful for letter practice. Also very well made and sturdy which we love.
- January 9, 2023
A Toddler Favorite
Dorothy W.
My almost 2 year old ADORES this book. I get frequent requests for "An-mal AZ!" We are going through a heavy alphabet stage (he's obsessed with just about every alphabet book he comes across right now) and this is definitely in my son's top 3 favorite alphabet books of all time. I have fun reading it, the illistrations are charming and every letter has a little flap, showing first the letter, then the animal underneath. A word of caution, I recommend this book being read under supervision only. Many of the flaps are easily rip and tearable, especially when being handled by enthusiastic baby and toddler hands. This is definitely not a book to give a very young child unsupervised as they will quickly demolish it. You have been warned!
