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The Sleepy Little Alphabet
A Bedtime Story from Alphabet Town
By Sierra, Judy
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37584-002-9 978-0-37594-002-6
- Publisher
- Knopf
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2009
PreS-Gr 2 In this winning alphabet-cum-bedtime book, capital-letter parents gradually tuck their lowercase children in for the night. Sierra uses a number of poetic tools as she tears her way through the alphabet (never once mentioning a xylophone) whi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2009
Twenty-six children (the lowercase letters) try to avoid bedtime while adults (the uppercase letters) corral them toward the inevitable. Using humor perfectly tuned for the two- to five-year-old audience, Sierra and Sweet's alphabet book will capture the attention of the younger end (who are beginning to learn letter shapes) as well as the older (who will pick up on the sometimes understated use of words beginning with those letters in both text an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Starred Review on January 1, 2009
Twenty-six lowercase letters try to avoid bedtime. Starting with <i>a</i> ("wide awake"--and playing the accordion), we progress through tooth-...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
