Found Alphabet

by Ramon Shindler, Wojciech Graniczewski, Anita Andrzejewska (Illustrations)

The ordinary becomes the extraordinary within the pages of Found Alphabet, a fantastic collaboration of Polish artists.

The four creators of Found Alphabet reside in Kraków, Poland. This is their first book published in the United States.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Hardcover

First published May 30, 2005

Reviews

[Relyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh, this is a wonderful, wonderful book. It has my brain bubbling. I can think of so, so many ways to use this in the classroom. I can especially imagine this appealing to those children who love to find little things on the playground and imagine a world for them.

Lesson Connection
Writing and Art - maybe a class or group project to accompany our art unit?

[Karla · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful

Wonderful ABC story for young children


Unique illustrations as well

Highly recommended

[Susie · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I noticed that the esteemed Paul Hankins had read a plethora of ABC books recently, I asked him which was his favorite. He selected this one, so I checked it out! The pictures/collections and accompanying text are very imaginative, and I think it would be wonderful to give students a letter and have them create their own found poem for it. My only quibble is two scientific details; a train of that type on land would not go faster than the speed of sound (but I guess kids might think so), and the page about floating is a little incorrect. Maybe I'm just being nitpicky because I taught science for twenty three years.

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The poems are just ok, and the alphabet stuff feels very tacked on, but I love the art made from found objects. Great for a class or storytime art project, tie into recycling theme.

[Jackie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Many different objects make up a common word for each letter of the alphabet.

Used for "ABCs Gone Wild" Storytime-November, 2009.

[Lizzy Lan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Objects are created with items found lying around here and there. Each object begins with a different letter of the alphabet and is accompanied by a lovely rhyme to go with it.

[Lauri Meyers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting illustrations of found items combined into shapes. Each letter has a short quatrain about the found item.