What do you want to be when you grow up? is a question often asked of children. Well, today’s alphabet book features some occupations that most children (and adults) have not considered. WORK: AN OCCUPATIONAL ABC Written and illustrated by Kellen Hatanak Groundwood Books 2014 32 nonfiction picture book alphabet The twenty-six letters of […]
V is for Venus: A Plant Alphabet
Welcome to A Field Trip Life where I am posting through the alphabet during the April A to Z Blog Challenge. My theme this year is Alphabet Books and today’s letter is V. V is for Venus Flytrap: A Plant Alphabet By Eugene Gagliano (author) and Elizabeth Traynor (illustrator) Sleeping Bear Press 2009 Nonfiction […]
Under and Upside-down Alphabets
Take a dip underwater and learn about a fish that has poisonous spines, a jellyfish that can grow tentacles as long as a telephone pole, and a shrimp that acts like a dentist for Moray eels for today’s A to Z Blog Challenge post featuring the letter U. The Underwater Alphabet Book by Jerry […]
A Titanic Alphabet
Everyone knows the story of the RMS Titanic and how she sank on her maiden voyage on April 14, 1912. There are movies, documentaries, songs, and many books which tell the sad tale. For today’s A to Z blog post, I’d like to share and alphabet book about the Titanic. T is for Titanic: A […]
Sleepy Alphabets for Bedtime
Everyone with little children who resist bedtime will love The Sleepy Little Alphabet: A Bedtime Story from Alphabet Town by Judy Sierra (author) and Melissa Sweet (illustrator) Knopf 2009 40-page picture book or 34 page board book for preschool – kindergarten It’s sleepytime in Alphabet Town As moms and dads run round and round […]