Board Books to Teach Our Youngest About the USA

 

Disclosure: I was sent copies of these books in order to provide honest reviews. All opinions are my own.

It is hard to believe that the United States is celebrating its 250th birthday this year! With this weekend being Memorial Day weekend and the patriotic decor coming out we thought it was a great time to share some of the many books around for learning about the United States and celebrations. Today we are sharing three board books so the youngest ones can learn a bit about our great nation. Our first book involves a favorite children's book character from Eric Carle, the Very Hungry Caterpillar!! It is a tabbed board book called Across the USA with The Very Hungry Caterpillar by the World of Eric Carle. It is recommended for ages 1 to 3.

About the Book:

Discover all there is to love about the United States with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this tabbed board book. The perfect way to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary with your little one!

Take a trip across the United States with The Very Hungry Caterpillar in this ode to the red, white, and blue! From bald eagles flying over great lakes to city parks, family farms, and corn fields, there’s so much to appreciate about America! This interactive board book features colorful, easy-to-flip tabs for little ones to quickly find the pages they want, and includes Eric Carle’s signature illustrative art on every page.

From Me:

In this fun book, the reader travels with The Very Hungry Caterpillar to see the many amazing and some everyday sights of the United States. It includes things like a bald eagle over a big lake, a farm, a bear on a rocky mountain, kids playing baseball, neighbors dancing and making music, a barbecue, and a fireworks display for the Fourth of July! All the pages are full of Eric Carle's classic illustrations.

This book is perfect for the young ones having The Very Hungry Caterpillar themed birthday parties or classrooms with Eric Carle decor. It is a fun way to bring this beloved character back this time showing how great America is. A great way to introduce young ones to the big birthday of our great nation.

Our next book is an alphabet book that shares the many things and events that make America wonderful. From Elvis to hot dogs and the Declaration of Independence this book shares history, culture and so much more! It is the ABCs of America by J.D. Forester and illustrated by Henry Rancourt. It is recommended for ages 0 to 3.

About the Book:

An alphabetical introduction to the United States for the youngest of readers, just in time to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary!

A is for America, the land of the free. B is for bald eagle, the country’s national bird. C is for cowboy boots, worn out on the ranch. In this celebration of the United States, there’s a classic American symbol for each letter of the alphabet. Featuring bold, dynamic art that promotes engagement for curious minds, this educational and patriotic book highlights American culture, history, and more for little ones.

This book goes through the alphabet sharing something about America. It has serious things like the Grand Canyon and more fun ones like ice cream trucks. It truly has a way of catching the feel of America. It shares cultural as well as historical things and shares things from across the country.

 I love how this book shares such a mix of topics and ideas of America. It is perfect for the preschool or kindergarten classroom or to read at home and talk about the country. 

Our final book for today is from the Hello, World! series. We shared another book in this series earlier this week. Today's book is Hello, World! USA by Jill McDonald. It is recommended for ages 0 to 3.

About the Book:

Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with a board book to teach the littlest readers about the United States and its origins. From Hello, World!, a bestselling nonfiction series for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers.

Kids can learn all about the USA in this cheerful and informative board book—with super-simple facts about the history, geography, and government of our country. (“The president’s house is called the White House.”)

Told in easy-to-understand terms alongside bright illustrations of the flag, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, voting day, a US map, and a landscape of mountains, deserts, prairies, forests, and oceans, this sturdy book makes learning easy for little ones and offers useful prompts to help adults engage with the reader on each page.

It’s a perfect way to share America’s past and present with your little ones during this important 250th anniversary year.

From Me:

This book is all about celebrating the United States on the Fourth of July and what leads up to our country being a country and so much more! It shares about how the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, and thus giving the country its birthday of Fourth of July. It even shares about the thirteen colonies and the Constitution and the right to vote. It talks about the presidency and of course the first president. It shares about the states and the national anthem. It is full of fun information for little ones to learn. 

I love how some of the important facts of the country are shared in little bits that young ones can understand. This book is perfect for discussing history and government of the United States in a real way that will get kids ready for the conversations about the details of things like the Constitution and more when they are older. It is the perfect book to introduce the history of the country and why we celebrate the Fourth of July. I can also see it used in preschool classrooms to talk about countries, government and so much more!

For more resources on studying the USA, check out these posts. For more patriotic themed books and crafts check out these posts.