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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1996
PreS-Gr 2 Vivid paintings, well-chosen words, and a clever concept distinguish this alphabet book. Each full-page illustration is captioned with a three-word sentence that describes what an animal is doing to the featured letter. Many are humorously destructive: "Rhinoceroses ruin R" and "Bats boil B," recalling Chris Van Allsburg's The Z Was Zapped (Houghton, 1987). Others are more benign, as in "Elephants embrace E." Each painting is n...Log In or Sign Up to Read More



