Concept Books
Concept books focus on a specific, concrete idea that the author wants to reinforce with the young reader. ABC and counting books are concept books as are books about shapes, colors, sizes, the five senses, seasons, opposites, feelings, etc.
Selected Books
These concept books and many more can be found in the Children's Collection on the main floor of Montgomery Library.
Let's Scare Bear by 
A Stone Sat Still by 
In the Night Garden by Colors
Find these concept books on colors in the Children's Collection on the main floor of Montgomery Library.
| Blue / Laura Vaccaro Seeger | PZ 8.3 .S4504 Bl 2018 | |||
| Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? / Bill Martin, Jr. | PZ 8.3 .M418 Br 1992 | |||
| Color me a rhyme / Jane Yolen | PS 3575 .O43 C65 2000 | |||
| Color zoo / Lois Ehlert |
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| Colors around me / Vivian Church |
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| The crayon box that talked / Shane DeRolf | PZ8.3 .D4465 Cr 1997 | |||
| The day the crayons quit / Drew Daywalt | PZ 7 .D3388 Day 2013 | |||
| Dream / Susan V. Bosak | PS 8553 .O7365 D74 2004 | |||
| Green / Laura Vaccaro Seeger |
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| Little blue and little yellow / Leo Lionni |
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| My many colored days / Dr. Seuss | PZ 8.3 .G276 My 1998 | |||
| The many colors of Harpreet Singh / Supriya Kelkar | PZ 7.1 .K417 Man 2019 | |||
| The paint-box sea / Doris Herold Lund |
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| A penguin story / Antoinette Portis |
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| Planting a rainbow / Lois Ehlert |
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| Red sings from treetops / Joyce Sidman | PS 3569 .I295 R43 2009 | |||
| They say blue / Jillian Tamaki | PZ 7 .T15867 Th 2018 |
Feelings
Find these concept books on feelings in the Children's Collection on the main floor of Montgomery Library.
| Argyle fox / Marie Letourneau | PZ 7 .L454 Arg 2017 | |||
| The bad mood and the stick / Lemony Snicket | PZ 7 .S6795 Bag 2017 | |||
| The bad seed / Jory John | PZ 7 .J62168 Ba 2017 | |||
| Because Amelia smiled / David Ezra Stein |
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| Big tree is sick / Nathalie Slosse | PZ 7.1 .S5677 Bi 2017 | |||
| The book of mistakes / Corinna Luyken |
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| Clark the shark / Bruce Hale | PZ 7 .H1295 Cl 2013 | |||
| Crabby pants / Julie Glassman | PZ 7 .G2147 Cr 2012 | |||
| Don't think about purple elephants / Susan Whelan | PZ 7.1 .W444 Don 2015 | |||
| Egg / Kevin Henkes | PZ 7 .H389 Eg 2017 | |||
| Enemy pie / Derek Munson | PZ 7 .M9273 En 2000 | |||
| Extraordinary Jane / Hannah E. Harrison | PZ 7 .H2488 Ex 2014 | |||
| Feelings / Aliki | BF 561 .A47 1984 | |||
| The girl who never made mistakes / Mark Pett | PZ 7 .P4478 Gir 2011 | |||
| Hey, Kiddo / Jarrett J. Krosoczka | PZ 7.7 .K76 He 2018 | |||
| I am peace / Susan Verde | PZ 7.1 .V46 Iaaf 2017 | |||
| I feel: a picture book of emotions / George Ancona | BF 561 .A52 1977 | |||
| I like me! / Nancy Carlson | PZ 7 .C21665 lab 1988 | |||
| I'm a girl! / Yasmeen Ismail | PZ 7 .I83833 Im 2016 | |||
| The invisible boy / Patrice Barton | PZ 7 .L9763 Inv 2013 | |||
| The invisible string / Patrice Karst | PZ 7 .K1513 In 2000 | |||
| Jabari jumps / Gaia Cornwall | PZ 7.1 .C6728 Jab 2017 | |||
| The juice box bully / Bob Sornson | PZ 7 .S72153 Ju 2011 | |||
| Let's scare bear / Yuko Katakawa | PZ 7.1 .K372 Let2019 | |||
| Life / Cynthia Rylant | PZ 7 .R982 Lb 2017 | |||
| Lying up a storm / Julia Cook | BF 723 .T8 C66 2015 | |||
| Millie fierce / Jane Manning |
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| My many colored days / Dr. Seuss | PZ 8.3 .G276 My 1998 | |||
| My mouth is a volcano / Julia Cook | PZ 7 .C76984 My 2005 | |||
| My very own space / Pippa Goodhart | PZ 7 .G6125 My 2017 | |||
| Ordinary Mary's extraordinary deed / Emily Pearson | PZ 7 .P32 Or 2002 | |||
| Pass it on / Sophy Henn | PZ 7 .H3912 Pas 2017 | |||
| The rabbit listened / Cori Doerrfeld | PZ 7 .D6934 Rab 2018 | |||
| The rough patch / Brian Lies | PZ 7 . L618 Rou 2018 | |||
| Rulers of the playground / Joseph Kuefler | PZ 7.1 .K84 Rul 2017 | |||
| Spaghetti in a hot dog bun / Maria Dismondy | PZ 7 .D6235 Sp 2008 | |||
| Stick and stone / Beth Ferry | PZ 8.3 .F3754 Sti 2015 | |||
| The many colors of Harpreet Singh / Supriya Kelkar | PZ 7.1 .K417 Man 2019 | |||
| There might be lobsters / Carolyn Crimi | PZ 7 .C86928 Th 2017 | |||
| Those shoes / Maribeth Boelts | PZ 7 .B6338 Tho 2009 | |||
| Too shy for show and tell / Beth Bracken | PZ 7 .B6989 Too 2012 | |||
| You will be my friend! / Peter Brown | PZ 7 .B81668 You 2011 |
Opposites, Sizes, and Shapes
Find these concept books on opposites, sizes, and shapes in the Children's Collection on the main floor of Montgomery Library.
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| Exactly the opposite / Tana Hoban |
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| Wait / Antoinette Portis |
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| Sizes | ||||
| Actual size / Steve Jenkins | QL 799 .J46 2004 | |||
| Papa, please get the moon for me / Eric Carle | PZ 7 .C21476 Pap 1991 | |||
| Shintaro's umbrellas / Marjorie Jackson | PZ .J13654 Sh 1996 | |||
| The tiny seed / Eric Carle |
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| Up, tall and high / Ethan Long | PZ 7 .L8453 Up 2012 | |||
| Shapes | ||||
| Color zoo / Lois Ehlert | ND 1490 .E35 1989 | |||
| Come to my party and other shape poems / Heidi Roemer | PS 3618 .O37 C57 2004 | |||
| Dot / Patricia Intriago |
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| A greyhound, a groundhog / Emily Jenkins | PZ 8.3 .J3983 | |||
| It looked like spilt milk / Charles G. Shaw | PZ 7 .S533 It 1994 | |||
| Round / Joyce Sidman | QA 445.5 .S537 2017 | |||
| Triangle / Mac Barnett | PZ 7 .B26615 Tr 2017 | |||
| What am I? looking through shapes at apples and grapes / N.N. Charles | PZ 7 .C378 Wh 1994 | |||
| The wing on a flea: a book about shapes / Ed Emberley | PZ 10 .E46 Wi 1961 |
Seasons
Find these concept books on seasons in the Children's Collection on the main floor of Montgomery Library.
| Anno's counting book / Mitsumasa Anno | QA 141.3 .A56 1986 | ||
| Apples here! / Will Hubbell | SB 363 .H79 2002 | ||
| Around the seasons / Eleanor Farjeon | PZ 8.3 .F228 Ar 1969 | ||
| City dog, country frog / Mo Willems | PZ 7 .W65535 Cit 2010 | ||
| Firefly July: a year of very short poems / Paul B. Janeczko, ed. | PS 586.3 .F525 2014 | ||
| A kitten tale / Eric Rohmann | PZ 7 .R6413 Kit 2008 | ||
| Leaf man / Lois Ehlert | PZ 7 .E3225 Le 2005 | ||
| The little island / Margaret Wise Brown | PZ 7 .B8163 Ln 2004 | ||
| Red sings from the treetops: a year in colors / Joyce Sidman | PS 3569 .I295 R43 2009 | ||
| Song of the water boatman & other pond poems / Joyce Sidman | PS 3569 .I295 S66 2005 | ||
| Sunshine makes the seasons / Franklyn M. Branley | QB 631 .B73 1974 | ||
| Thirteen moons on Turtle's back / Joseph Bruchac | PS 3552 .R794 T47 1997 | ||
| A tree is a plant / Clyde Robert Bulla | SB 363 .B785 2001 | ||
| Winter is the warmest season / Lauren Stringer | PZ 7 .S9183 Win 2006 | ||
| Winter lights: a season in poems & quilts / Anna Grossnickle Hines |
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| The year at Maple Hill Farm / Alice and Martin Provensen | SF 75.5 .P76 1978 | ||
| The year comes round: Haiku through the seasons / Sid Farrar | PS 3606 .A733 Y43 2012 | ||
| A year with friends / John Seven | PZ 7 .S5145 Ye 2012 |
Senses and Locomotion
Find these concept books on the senses and on locomotion in the Children's Collection on the main floor of Montgomery Library.
| The Five Senses | |
| In the Night Garden / Carin Berger | PZ 7 .B45134 2023 |
| The Magic School Bus explores the senses / Joanna Cole | QP 434 .C565 1999 |
| My five senses / Aliki | QP 434 .A43 1989 |
| Quiet as a butterfly / Lawrence F. Lowery | QP 462.2 .L68 2016 |
| Sense suspense: a guessing game for the five senses / Bruce McMillan | BF 233 .M34 1994 |
| A stone sat still / Brendan Wenzel | PZ 8.3 .W4653 St 2019 |
| Waiting / Nicki Weiss | PZ 7 .W44814 Wai 1981 |
| You can't taste a pickle with your ear / Harriet Ziefert | QP 434 .Z544 2006 |
| Locomotion | |
| A Parade of Elephants / Kevin Henkes | PZ 7 .H389 Par 2018 |
| I Really Want to See You, Grandma / Taro Gomi | PZ 7 .G586 Iam 2018 |
| Move! / Steve Jenkins | QP 301 .J44 2006 |
| Move it!: motion, forces and you / Adrienne Mason | QC 133.5 .M383 2005 |
| Roll, slope, and slide / Michael Dahl | TJ 147 .D325 2006 |
| Swing! like a monkey / Harriet Ziefert | PZ 8.3 .Z49 Sw 2011 |
Life Skills
Find these concept books on life skills in the Children's Collection on the main floor of Montgomery Library.
| What a Map Can Do / Gabrielle Balkan, Alberto Lot | Z 7 .H389 Par 2018 |
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