Tana Hoban

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  • Bibliography:
    37 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1972
  • Latest Book:
    May 2024
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Book List in Order: 37 titles

  • Count and See

    There are things to count all around you. If you look. And think. And see. Tana Hoban does -- and so will the youngest reader who accompanies her through this book. Exciting photographs -- reinforce by the number as word, as numeral, and as model set...

  • Where Is It?

  • Is It Red? Is It Yellow?Is It Blue?

  • One Little Kitten

  • Take Another Look

  • Round and Round and Round

  • 1, 2, 3

    • / General Fiction
    • Buy Buy

  • I Walk and Read

  • Is It Rough? Is It Smooth? Is It Shiny?

    The coins are shiny. But they are also round, and there are five of them. One is over another, and one is under. The tree is rough. It is also brown and tall. And how about the stones? And the turtle? And the cotton candy? All the objects in this ...



  • A Children's Zoo

    Come to the zoo with Tana Hoban! Look at the animals. What are they? What are they like? The youngest visitor to this zoo can identify the creatures and describe them -- starting with Tana Hoban's words and adding to them. And, for those who want it,...

  • Shapes, Shapes, Shapes

    Whenever you are -- inside or outside -- there are shapes to discover. And with Tana Hoban's help you will begin to see them. Look around. How many circles, squares, stars, triangles, hearts, and rectangles can you see?

    They are everywhere!...

  • Red, Blue, Yellow Shoe

  • Dots, Spots, Speckles, and Stripes

  • Look! Look! Look!

  • Of Colors and Things

    "Crisp photos of familiar items offer a unique puzzle/adventure in color, shape, and object identification. A kaleidoscopic book that reflects the textured, technicolor world of children." --School Library Journal....

  • All about Where

  • Look up, Look Down

  • Spirals, Curves, Fanshapes, and Lines

  • White on Black

    Share this book with the baby in your life. It’s never too early to read together!

    From the eminent photographer and acclaimed book creator Tana Hoban, this bestselling large format board book features bold black-and-white high-contrast im...



  • What Is That?

  • Who Are They?

  • Colors Everywhere

    "In this wordless picture book....Attention-grabbing color photographs float in the middle of each page, accompanied by a color graph that pictorially represents the proportions of the various colors found in each picture. The result is an engagin...

  • Animal, Vegetable or Mineral?

  • 26 Letters and 99 Cents

    If you know the 26 letters of the alphabet, can count to 99, and understand that there is more than one way to make 25 cents out of coins, you have obviously just finished reading Tana Hoban''s brilliant 26 Letters and 99 Cents. Whichever end you st...

  • Just Look

    "Crisp color photographs provide food for a guessing game and a new way to look at the world. As in Look! Look! Look!, Hoban lets children peep through a cutout circle at a small portion of a photograph, giving them the opportunity to guess the subje...

  • Construction Zone

    Crisp, clear, full-color photographs show all the fascinating machines and earthmovers found at a construction site. Even the very youngest readers will want to put on hard hats!

    "The roaring power of 13 construction machines is captured in clear, ...

  • Is It Larger? Is It Smaller?

  • Look Book

    Tana Hoban never ceases to mesmerize and stimulate her young admirers. Using her unmistakable full-color photographs and an intriguing die-cut format, she has created a striking concept book that will have young viewers scrutinizing and thinking a...

  • So Many Circles, So Many Squares

    Tana Hoban changes the way we look at the world. After you read this book, you will find yourself seeing circles and squares everywhere. And they will surprise you -- because they will be where you have often looked before. You will have changed -...



  • More, Fewer, Less

    Tana Hoban knows what fires the eyes and minds of her young admirers the world over. And with every click of her camera, she zooms in on a new discovery--like this treasure trove, a full-color lesson on quantities. Look at the stacks of brightly colo...

  • Let's Count

    Over twenty-five years ago Tana Hoban stunned the children's book world with her innovative black-and-white photographs in Count and See.

    Now she returns to the subject, and her glorious full-color pict...

  • I Wonder

    Green Light Readers: Level 2

    A caterpillar bumps and inches along. A robin sings high in a tree. A blossom reveals a buzzing bee. And an inquisitive child sees that the world around her is filled with creatures going about their own lives and--maybe!--wondering about her as she ...

  • Black & White

    Share this book with the baby in your life. Perfect for tummy time!

    From the eminent photographer and acclaimed book creator Tana Hoban, this bestselling accordion-style foldout book is sturdy enough to stand by itself and features fourteen ...

  • Over, Under and Through

    Leap-frogging over a fire hydrant, ducking under "London Bridge," crawling through a pipe tunnel -- Tana Hoban's brilliant photographs of children transform these activities into a fascinating exploration of spatial concepts. There are twelve concept...

  • I Read Signs

    Thirty familiar signs fill the pages of this handsome book, inviting the youngest child to come closer and take another look Tana Hoban's classic and acclaimed photographic books for preschoolers encourage pre-readers to discover the shapes, lett...

  • Black White

    Share this book with the baby in your life. It’s never too early to read together! From the eminent photographer and acclaimed book creator Tana Hoban, this bestselling board book features bold black-and-white high-contrast images to engage babi...

  • Black & White in Color

    From the acclaimed and bestselling creator Tana Hoban, this sturdy accordion-format board book features iconic black-and-white images of recognizable objects from a child’s world accompanied by full-color photographs of babies interacting with ...

Award-Winning Books by Tana Hoban

1, 2, 3
1985 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award -- Special Citation


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Tana Hoban has published 37 books.

The next book by Tana Hoban, Black & White in Color, will be published in May 2024.

The first book by Tana Hoban, Count and See, was published in May 1972.

No. Tana Hoban does not write books in series.
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