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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
Charming illustrations, adorable "facts" about the animals. I related most to the grumpy chipmunk with a mug of coffee for "C," but I also loved the baby lion taking a nap on his dad's head.
I would highly this alphabet book for kids because of its warm yet fun illustrations standing out on a stark white back ground and the fun poetic verse for each creature of the alphabet.
Very cute alphabet book with the BEST illustrations.
With such a great title, quirky illustrations, and a fun concept this book fell so flat it's depressing. I hoped and wished, but this sadly is a one-off title.. if that.
A different alphabet featuring a (usually silly) sentence about each animal. For example: "Owls are good at keeping secrets."
Super cute. I especially love the fox taking pictures of the wolves (after we've learned earlier how much foxes love taking photos) and the zebra who wants to be first for once will strike a chord with kids whose names come late in the alphabet.
Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets is an alphabet book full of animals and made-up animal traits. The illustrations are beautiful and really add to the text of the book. Unfortunately, this book just fell flat for me. A good alphabet book is difficult to write and assemble. There is nothing to connect between letters which makes it too disjointed for a good read-aloud. It is a cute and silly alphabet book but lacks any cohesiveness.
Thank you to LibraryThing and Tundra Books for a review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Thank you to LibraryThing and Tundra Books for a review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
What an adorable and fresh alphabet book! I'll have to find more of Jacob Grant's illustrations.
My daughter had her letters down at 18 months, but is still super into alphabet books. This one is adorable and much more interesting than most ABC books, and my little reader loved it. “Starfish can never tell when other starfish are waving” was one of my favorites, and the foxes and the unicorns and… There are many things for kids to identify with in this book.
An unusual alphabet book indeed! Each letter is actually a sentence that tells a tiny story ("O -- Owls are good at keeping secrets"). This makes the illustrations by Jacob Grant all the more delightful for how they show each visually. Each is basically a vignette illustration in the middle of white space, and I love the unusual edge shapes that help them flow without defined frames. (For artists, this would be a really fun exercise, either to write your own alphabet book or re-illustrate this one. How would YOU illustrate "Owls are good at keeping secrets" or "Narwals can be perfectly happy all alone"?)