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glitterandtwang's review against another edition
5.0
Decided to revisit my childhood while home for Christmas... man, kid's books have changed since I was little! But Graeme Base still holds up.
lakasmoose's review against another edition
4.0
Haha! I remember that little boy being a lot harder to find when I was a kid :)
emkoshka's review against another edition
4.0
This was a perennial favourite when I was a child for its densely illustrated pages of animals, clever wordplay and puzzle challenges. Rereading it as an adult, the artwork is less striking than I remember although the 'Lazy lions lounging in the local library' page remains every bit as lush as ever; it's definitely the best piece of art in the book. It was enjoyable to use an adult's vocabulary to find a few things I'd missed as a child but the challenge wasn't really there anymore. Still, Animalia remains an exceptional way to instil in children a love of animals and increase their vocabulary manifold. Though I feel for the child who turns up to school one day bandying around words like 'diabolical', 'preening','rickety' and 'zeppelin'...
mudder17's review against another edition
5.0
OMG, I wish I had had this book when my kids were young. They would have loved it. The illustrations remind me a little bit of Jan Brett, also a favorite, but the details are similar to the hidden things books. The book takes you through the Alphabet, but for each letter, there are alliterative phrases that both describe the scene and feature that letter. But even cooler is that hidden on each page are multiple examples of other items that represent that letter. For example, the letter D has "Diabolical Dragons Daintily Devouring Delicious Delicacies" and of course there are a couple of dragons eating said delicacies. But you can also find a Dog, a drawer, a duck, a doll, dice, dagger, etc. I'm willing to bet that children will find something new each time. My kids loved these types of books when they were young and I know they would love this one.
squishy_mage42's review against another edition
5.0
This is probably my favorite book I've read to my daughter yet. It's an amazing and absolutely alliterative amusement. Each page has heaps of images of animals and objects beginning with the letter of the page. The sentences that go with each picture are so wonderfully crafted that it is so much fun to read to a little one.
nocilantroextraolives's review against another edition
5.0
Genius. Best book for kids you will ever find. The art is amazing - you can stare at it for hours.
emilyn's review against another edition
5.0
Great alphabet book. The illustrations are all amazing, and I like it well enough that I don't mind reading it over and over. It's much more fun to read than Doctor Seuss's ABC book.
otterno11's review against another edition
5.0
Earlier this year, after moving into my new place, I dug up some of the boxes in my parent’s basement to consolidate and prune my collections. Of course, digging up some childhood favorites, I had to pause to flip through them again, reminding me of days past when there was plenty of time to read, whether on hot summer days or cold winter nights. Many of these books were Christmas or birthday gifts, of course, the inscriptions from family members still scrawled on the inside covers, 1988, 1990, 1994. How well did they hold up? Find out more at my BookLikes blog, Reading Rainstorm, here!
kim6dafb's review against another edition
4.0
Beautiful illustrations with so much work put into each and every one and still a joy to look through. As good as I remember it being after 20 years.