Teaching Nouns with Great Kids Books
We really like teaching nouns. Children seem to "get" them fairly quickly -- easier than other parts of speech! The books below can add some fun to those language arts lessons. The children's books at the top of this list are for early introductions to nouns -- essentially defining nouns and giving engaging examples. Then, further down this list are noun books for older kids, especially books focused on collective nouns.
We definitely need to grow this list with more great children's books
for teaching nouns. If you happen to know any children's books that are
great to use when teaching nouns, please do let us know!
Books for Teaching Nouns
with links to buy from Amazon
Nouns and Verbs
Have a Field Day
(cute story that teaches
that sentences need
nouns and verbs)
by Robin Pulver
1st grade - 4th grade
Merry-Go-Round:
A Book About Nouns
(teaches all about nouns,
including common nouns,
proper nouns, abstract...)
by Ruth Heller
3rd grade -7th grade
One Sheep, Two
Sheep: A Book of
Collective Nouns
(adorable counting book that
also teaches collective nouns)
by Patricia Byers
2nd grade - 4th grade
A Cache of Jewels
and Other Collective
Nouns
(defines collective nouns, then
gives 25 vibrant examples)
by Ruth Heller
1st grade - 4th grade
A Mink, a Fink, a
Skating Rink:
What is a Noun?
(Words are CATegorical)
by Brian Cleary
2nd grade - 4th grade
Chicken in the City
(country chicken LuLu heads
to the big city where she
finds a plethora of nouns)
by Maria Fleming
2nd grade - 4th grade
A Lime, a Mime, a
Pool of Slime:
More about Nouns
(Words are CATegorical)
by Brian Cleary
2nd grade - 4th grade
Herd of Cows!
Flock of Sheep
(animals team up to save
the farm! -- teaches
collective nouns)
by Rick Walton
Kindergarten - 5th grade
Incredible Ned: You
Could See What He Said
(every time Ned says a noun, it
appears over his head)
by Bill Maynard
Kindergarten - 2nd grade
If You Were a Noun
(a Word Fun series book that
uses an outer space theme
to teach about nouns)
by Michael Dahl
1st grade - 3rd grade
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