| 9780553539295 |
| 0553539299 |
| 9780553539301 |
| 0553539302 |
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Summary
Summary
This stunning and innovative alphabet picture book will dazzle little ones and engage the adults who share it with them! Each page is dedicated to a letter, and clever alliterations are packed into each ink-and-watercolor spread. This gem comes to us from Kim Krans, the creator of The Wild Unknown-a lifestyle website offering prints, calendars, and more.
Author Notes
KIM KRANS is an artist, writer, and yogi living in Portland, Oregon with her husband, Arjan. Kim is the creator of the New York Times bestselling tarot deck, The Wild Unknown Tarot. Find more of Kim's drawings, books, and other modern tools for self-reflection at thewildunknown.com, or visit her personal website at kimkrans.com.
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-Artistic pages and layouts carry readers through each capital letter of the alphabet in this visually engaging, wordless picture book. Drawn in bold black lines with rich washes of color, each spread features a letter with appropriate, but unlabeled, objects surrounding it in a striking still life. An apple perches atop the bold, argyle-patterned "A" and is struck through by arrows. The scene is crawling with ants. Each letter commands attention, and the closer readers look, the more there is to notice and recognize by first letter association. Each letter stands for a varying number of things on the page, but two letters have only one: X is an X-ray, and Y is tangled with yarn. Discoveries range from obvious to quite challenging, but there is a key to each letter in the back. The rich imagery and smart page design make this alphabet book a pleasure to spend time enjoying. VERDICT This visual treat encourages careful observation for those youngsters beginning to explore alphabet word games and first letter sounds.-Julie Roach, Cambridge Public Library, MA © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Newcomer Krans's wordless alphabet book creates an atmosphere of meditative calm. She works in black ink, devoting meticulous attention to each object, drawing hedgehog quills and jellyfish tendrils with something like scientific precision. An apple, pierced with two arrows, balances atop the letter A. An apple core below attracts ants, and in another bonus the A is argyle. B has a butterfly, a branch, and a braid of dark hair tied with a blue bow. Some letters get full spreads: for F, a fox gazes up at two large goldfish, who swim above it in a way that makes the page seem, bewitchingly, to be made of water. Ferns appear in close-up, and fireflies flicker around the edges. Working together, parents and children will find many things to name and talk about. Even those who go through the book alone may find themselves involuntarily identifying items in the drawings just for the fun of it. A list of objects (and actions) in the back will settle any questions that arise; the unicorn, it points out, is upside-down. Ages 3-7. Agent: Meg Thompson, Thompson Literary Agency. (Jan.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
*Starred Review* This stunning wordless alphabet book will be a joy for old and young to enjoy together. Pages and spreads feature large-scale letters in uppercase surrounded by unlabeled images in artistic arrangements. Adults will appreciate the design and the washes of watercolor in Krans' intricate black-and-white pen-and-ink art. Children, meanwhile, will be fascinated by the beautifully rendered objects that Krans cleverly includes in each spread. Some are easy to identify, such as an apple, arrow, and ant for A; others will spark discussion. D is for dog, and that dog is a Dalmatian surrounded by dandelions, dragonflies, and diamonds. Look close: the quail pictured in the quilted Q is a queen. A mouse admires his handsome whiskers in the mirrored M. Wondering why the unicorn (U) is pictured upside down? Oh, yes! Ah-ha moments abound in this imaginative abecedary. And if little ones are stumped by the trickier objects (russet-colored hinges, for instance, nestled in the crease between H and I), they can test whether or not they have caught all the tricks by comparing their responses with the key provided on the last spread. An exceptionally well-executed, gorgeously illustrated alphabet book full of delightful surprises.--McDermott, Jeanne Copyright 2015 Booklist
