Applebet: An ABC

by Clyde Watson, Wendy Watson (Illustrator)

A is for apple as everyone knows
Can you follow this one wherever it goes?

B is for Bet in the top of the tree
Who picked it & shined it & gave it to me.

A Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1982

About the author

Clyde Watson is a children's book author. She is the daughter of Nancy Dingman Watson and Aldren A. Watson and the sister of Wendy Watson.

Reviews

[Holly]

This was one of my favourite books. Even though my copy is old and somehow got mildewed, I can't bring myself to replace it with a newer copy. Oh well.

Hero loves the story and the pictures. She especially likes to find the apples in each illustration and help me read by filling in the "A is for ___", etc.

It's a good bedtime story because although it starts out fairly adventurous, it wraps up at the end in a soothing way and so it doesn't get her all riled up with excitement just before she needs to sleep. I like how letters that have more than one sound (C, for example) get used in more than one word (cider, and cart, and cherry). Also the illustrations are beautiful.

[Doctor Science]

I just happened to think of this book, so here's a review. A household favorite! I haven't read it in 15 or 20 years, but back in the day I read it to the kids so often I can still recite many parts. It's an alphabet book, but it's also a story book, with each letter/picture full of engrossing detail.

[Lauri Meyers]

Follow an apple on an alphabet journey in the country.

[Mother Goose Librarian]

Cozy artwork adorns the pages of this alphabet story.

[Ashlyn Barker-Salyer]

A book about letters and sounds that is made more interesting by the weaving of a story through its pages. I like that it had both letters and a few common sounds that the letters can make. I think this could help young children pick up on spelling.

[Alfajirikali]

A neat alphabet book.

[Natalie]

wonderful alphabet book - to market and back

[Phyllis]

An old fav, esp love the illustrations.

[Country Fun]

A Library of Congress Children's Book of the Year