Books, places, and books that take you places
Today is brought to you by the letter Jj. I received a postcard in the mail with The Jazzy Alphabet front and a lovely note from the author, Sherry Shahan. I went out and got the book and was so amazed that I decided to choose alphabet books for my 2019 A to Z Blog […]
Welcome to today’s post for the A to Z Blog Challenge where I am featuring ABC books. Today’s letter is I so I’d like to share THE ICKY BUG ALPHABET BOOK by Jerry Pallota (author) and Ralph Masiell Charlesbridge 1989 “Icky” is a word that many people use to describe insects. Jerry Pallotta […]
This year for the A to Z Blog Challenge, I am marching through the alphabet celebrating ABC books. Today I’d like to give a hand to Hands that communicate. THE HANDMADE ALPHABET by Laura Rankin (author and illustrator) Dial Books 1991 This stunning book features soft pencil illustrations of human hands signing the letters […]
The most interesting alphabets are centered around themes – similar to the best posts in the A to Z Blog Challenge. Today’s alphabet book is definitely one of the most unusual I’ve come across. THE GASHLYCRUMBTINIES Or, After the Outing By Edward Gorey Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1963 64pages The jacket flap warns the reader – An […]
It’s Spring! And the flowers are blooming – what better time to look at an ABC of flowers? A FLOWER FAIRY ALPHABET by Cicely Mary Barker Frederick Warne originally published in 1934 – new reproduction 1990 I have fond memories of hours spent with my grandmother reading and admiring the Flower Fairy books written and […]
