Grades: PreK-2
By Brian P. ClearyThis ambitious book provides colorful collages, hidden letters, word pictures, and alphabet sentences presented in rhyme while avoiding many of the pitfalls of the genre. By melding together nonsensical sentences that are as wacky as the illustrations, Cleary opens up the field to using verbs and adjectives as well as nouns. K starts karate and kangaroos kissing, and kilt-wearing kittens whose kickstands are missing. Both upper- and lowercase are highlighted.
The pre-title page invites readers to play along. Every letter of the alphabet is hidden in the pictures of this book. So are many things that start with each letter. The endpapers list the many objects, including 10 N things, 6 Z things, and 6 things with X in them.
The illistrations are brightly colored and textured, adding visual interest (non-gender specific) to all of the wonderful words. You can spend a long time just looking at the pictures picking out all of the words in on the page.
This is not your mother's alphabet book. This is a new inventive and creative twist on the alphabet book genre. Fun and funny, we love it!
"C is for cat with a calico coat who camps by a castle and cooks by a moat."
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