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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
A bit confusing for me, since generally alphabet books give you a sentence for each letter to help you remember the letter. A few of the ones in this book do - quails and toads, for example. But the rest, while cute (and omg the poor zebra looks so SAD!!!), aren't really memorable at all. I read this book literally 5 minutes ago, and now I'm looking at the back cover that asks a series of questions, and I already can't remember which animal is the answer to all of them.
BUT - it really *is* cute!
BUT - it really *is* cute!
Cute book with an animal (real or fantasy) for every letter of the alphabet. Might be good read-aloud for a K class.
“Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets" is one of the best alphabet books that I have ever read. The illustrations are fantastic, it’s not too long, and it has the perfect ending. I plan on buying it.
This book is fantastic! A different sort of alphabet book that gives us different animals for each letter, a cute "fact" about that animal, the pictures are adorable, and they even have funny inside jokes for the adults reading the book.
This book is branded as "discover little known facts about animals." Here's the thing. I found myself questioning if they truly were little known facts.....or where they puns. For instance: "Elephants enjoy taking baths." Do they really? Or do we just say that because they are often in the water?
It's a sweet book with delicate illustrations. I just don't know if it is a favorite or an alphabet book I would refer to again
It's a sweet book with delicate illustrations. I just don't know if it is a favorite or an alphabet book I would refer to again
Received the book as part of the early reviewers program. The illustrations are absolutely charming with a soft slightly desaturarted colour palette. It's a traditional ABC book with one page per letter (shown in upper and lower case), accompanied by a "fact" about each animal, most of which aren't true (I suspect lions particularly do like napping).
It's not fantastical enough to be obviously fantasy to a young child, so I'd hesitate on this one--the literalist in me would have 100% accepted that, for instance, "alligators think you'd like them if you got to know them" as a child, whereas I'm fairly sure now most alligators don't give humans a second thought. Further, it's only the animal that's connected to the letter, so you don't get that reinforcement of letters (as you would with, say, "alligators adore all art," to make up an example.
My gold standard for alphabet books is Whatley's Quest which has no words and lets you hunt through a beautiful, richly-stuffed image for as many appropriate words matching the letter as you can come up with.
It's not fantastical enough to be obviously fantasy to a young child, so I'd hesitate on this one--the literalist in me would have 100% accepted that, for instance, "alligators think you'd like them if you got to know them" as a child, whereas I'm fairly sure now most alligators don't give humans a second thought. Further, it's only the animal that's connected to the letter, so you don't get that reinforcement of letters (as you would with, say, "alligators adore all art," to make up an example.
My gold standard for alphabet books is Whatley's Quest which has no words and lets you hunt through a beautiful, richly-stuffed image for as many appropriate words matching the letter as you can come up with.
Cute and funny with lovely illustrations. Poor Zebras! :(
Beautiful artwork, and a charming line of text for each animal.
I am always a bit annoyed when I see a digraph used to represent a letter sound in an alphabet book. There are plenty of animals that begin with "C" that would've been a better phonetic choice than chipmunk.
Otherwise, it is an adorable alphabet book.
I am always a bit annoyed when I see a digraph used to represent a letter sound in an alphabet book. There are plenty of animals that begin with "C" that would've been a better phonetic choice than chipmunk.
Otherwise, it is an adorable alphabet book.