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Animalphabet
A wondrous and beautiful A-to-Z guessing game from the bestselling author of Room on the BroomFrom ant to butterfly to caterpillar . . . to zebra and then back again, Animalphabet is an entertaining puzzle as well as a gorgeous alphabet book to treasure.Who can slither better than a rabbit? A snake! Who can growl better than a snake? A tiger! There are clever hints and peekaboo holes within the artwork that will amaze and delight young children as they learn to use the alphabet. This is a preschool must-have.
68 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2018
About the author
Julia Donaldson
1,247 books1,982 followersGrowing up
I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Mary and I would argue about which of us would marry him).
Mary and I were always creating imaginary characters and mimicking real ones, and I used to write shows and choreograph ballets for us. A wind-up gramophone wafted out Chopin waltzes.
I studied Drama and French at Bristol University, where I met Malcolm, a guitar-playing medic to whom I’m now married.
Busking and books
Before Malcolm and I had our three sons we used to go busking together and I would write special songs for each country; the best one was in Italian about pasta.
The busking led to a career in singing and songwriting, mainly for children’s television. I became an expert at writing to order on such subjects as guinea pigs, window-cleaning and horrible smells. “We want a song about throwing crumpled-up wrapping paper into the bin” was a typical request from the BBC.
I also continued to write “grown-up” songs and perform them in folk clubs and on the radio, and have recently released two CDs of these songs.
One of my television songs, A SQUASH AND A SQUEEZE, was made into a book in 1993, with illustrations by the wonderful Axel Scheffler. It was great to hold the book in my hand without it vanishing in the air the way the songs did. This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published. Most children love acting and it’s a tremendous way to improve their reading.
My real breakthrough was THE GRUFFALO, again illustrated by Axel. We work separately - he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow - but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes.
I really enjoy writing verse, even though it can be fiendishly difficult. I used to memorise poems as a child and it means a lot to me when parents tell me their child can recite one of my books.
Funnily enough, I find it harder to write not in verse, though I feel I am now getting the hang of it! My novel THE GIANTS AND THE JONESES is going to be made into a film by the same team who made the Harry Potter movies, and I have written three books of stories about the anarchic PRINCESS MIRROR-BELLE who appears from the mirror and disrupts the life of an otherwise ordinary eight-year-old. I have just finished writing a novel for teenagers.
When I’m not writing I am often performing, at book festivals and in theatres. I really enjoy getting the children in the audience to help me act out the stories and sing the songs. When Malcolm can take time off from the hospital he and his guitar come too. and it feels as if we’ve come full circle - back to busking.
I grew up in a tall Victorian London house with my parents, grandmother, aunt, uncle, younger sister Mary and cat Geoffrey (who was really a prince in disguise. Mary and I would argue about which of us would marry him).
Mary and I were always creating imaginary characters and mimicking real ones, and I used to write shows and choreograph ballets for us. A wind-up gramophone wafted out Chopin waltzes.
I studied Drama and French at Bristol University, where I met Malcolm, a guitar-playing medic to whom I’m now married.
Busking and books
Before Malcolm and I had our three sons we used to go busking together and I would write special songs for each country; the best one was in Italian about pasta.
The busking led to a career in singing and songwriting, mainly for children’s television. I became an expert at writing to order on such subjects as guinea pigs, window-cleaning and horrible smells. “We want a song about throwing crumpled-up wrapping paper into the bin” was a typical request from the BBC.
I also continued to write “grown-up” songs and perform them in folk clubs and on the radio, and have recently released two CDs of these songs.
One of my television songs, A SQUASH AND A SQUEEZE, was made into a book in 1993, with illustrations by the wonderful Axel Scheffler. It was great to hold the book in my hand without it vanishing in the air the way the songs did. This prompted me to unearth some plays I’d written for a school reading group, and since then I’ve had 20 plays published. Most children love acting and it’s a tremendous way to improve their reading.
My real breakthrough was THE GRUFFALO, again illustrated by Axel. We work separately - he’s in London and I’m in Glasgow - but he sends me letters with lovely funny pictures on the envelopes.
I really enjoy writing verse, even though it can be fiendishly difficult. I used to memorise poems as a child and it means a lot to me when parents tell me their child can recite one of my books.
Funnily enough, I find it harder to write not in verse, though I feel I am now getting the hang of it! My novel THE GIANTS AND THE JONESES is going to be made into a film by the same team who made the Harry Potter movies, and I have written three books of stories about the anarchic PRINCESS MIRROR-BELLE who appears from the mirror and disrupts the life of an otherwise ordinary eight-year-old. I have just finished writing a novel for teenagers.
When I’m not writing I am often performing, at book festivals and in theatres. I really enjoy getting the children in the audience to help me act out the stories and sing the songs. When Malcolm can take time off from the hospital he and his guitar come too. and it feels as if we’ve come full circle - back to busking.
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November 5, 2018
When I opened this up at my front door I am not exaggerating when I say my heart SKIPPED A BEAT! This is absolutely the most beautiful children’s book I have ever seen in my life! The colours and illustrations are just GORGEOUS! I was afraid to let my kids read it in case they ripped it!
Julia Donaldson and illustrator Sharon King-Chai have put together this BEAUTIFUL alphabet book FULL of animals.
But it’s not just full of animals, each animal is a unique and gorgeous piece of art, done on beautiful textured paper, with pages that fold up, and out, and are cut out to add to the atmosphere and feel of the animals themselves. From an ant to a kangaroo and zebra, each page is fresh and imaginative. The whole thing is just BEAUTIFUL!
The whole thing is like a beautiful puzzle too with hints as to what the next animal is going to be. Very clever.
Now I do have ONE criticism. One small, teeny-tiny problem. My son is trying to learn the alphabet, and he needs to have things in front of him. And although of course the letters are there as the first letter of each animal, they are not emphasised. What would have made this book absolutely PERFECT would have been having the letter on the page somewhere, or bigger than the rest of the word. However that is my ONLY criticism and don’t let it stop you from checking this book out because it’s just AMAZING!
Did my kids enjoy Animalphabet?
My son loved the pictures and guessing the animals names!
My daughter just wanted to grab at it so I kept it out of her reach because I didn’t want her to destroy it!
Would I recommend Animalphabet?
YES YES YES!!!! It is just SO GORGEOUS!!! I am going to buy some copies to give friends with young kids as presents! But even if you don’t have or know any kids, the illustrations are just so beautiful and the book would make a wonderful addition to any book collection! LOVE IT!
Many many thanks to Pan Macmillan Australia for a copy of Animalphabet for my kids and I to review!
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Julia Donaldson and illustrator Sharon King-Chai have put together this BEAUTIFUL alphabet book FULL of animals.
But it’s not just full of animals, each animal is a unique and gorgeous piece of art, done on beautiful textured paper, with pages that fold up, and out, and are cut out to add to the atmosphere and feel of the animals themselves. From an ant to a kangaroo and zebra, each page is fresh and imaginative. The whole thing is just BEAUTIFUL!
The whole thing is like a beautiful puzzle too with hints as to what the next animal is going to be. Very clever.
Now I do have ONE criticism. One small, teeny-tiny problem. My son is trying to learn the alphabet, and he needs to have things in front of him. And although of course the letters are there as the first letter of each animal, they are not emphasised. What would have made this book absolutely PERFECT would have been having the letter on the page somewhere, or bigger than the rest of the word. However that is my ONLY criticism and don’t let it stop you from checking this book out because it’s just AMAZING!
Did my kids enjoy Animalphabet?
My son loved the pictures and guessing the animals names!
My daughter just wanted to grab at it so I kept it out of her reach because I didn’t want her to destroy it!
Would I recommend Animalphabet?
YES YES YES!!!! It is just SO GORGEOUS!!! I am going to buy some copies to give friends with young kids as presents! But even if you don’t have or know any kids, the illustrations are just so beautiful and the book would make a wonderful addition to any book collection! LOVE IT!
Many many thanks to Pan Macmillan Australia for a copy of Animalphabet for my kids and I to review!
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October 3, 2019
What a delight! The illustrations are beautiful in their own right, but add to that the exquisite paper-cut-outs on each page it is just sublime. My youngest and I had such a good time with all the discoveries on each page. It's also a clever alphabet book that flows easily from one animal to the other and lets children guess what might come next. Highly recommend this and the sooner you check it out from your local library, the better (I worry how those delicate pages will hold up though years of public library use).
December 7, 2018
Very clever way of making an alphabet book. The pages format could make it difficult for the very young to read it (as they also might be rough with them) but the colors are fabulous and the story is an actual story (of sorts)
September 10, 2019
The cutout illustrations are beautiful, and the questions incorporated into the text add another level of interaction.
December 10, 2020
Unglaublich schön gemacht. It's so pretty.
Ich stell mir das als super Buch zum Vorlesen und Mitraten für die Kleinen vor.
Ich stell mir das als super Buch zum Vorlesen und Mitraten für die Kleinen vor.
December 9, 2018
Beautiful!
October 21, 2018
Gorgeous book.
December 27, 2018
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From the best-selling author of The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child.
This beautiful hardcover picture book tempts you right from the first look. The cover has a gorgeous illustration of two elephants in a forest, embellished with foil and cut-outs it’s a book that screams to be picked up.
Each page features an animal of the alphabet, bright splashes of colour, peep through cut-outs giving hints of what’s to come and flaps to lift and peek under. As each animal is introduced we are given a hint by way of a question as to what the next animal will be. B is a butterfly then the question is; Who has more legs than a butterfly?
Dot loved this book and her favourite part was guessing what animal came next. We have read this together many times and she is enjoying the accomplishment of getting more and more animals correct.
Ditto loves flaps and was more interested in seeing what is behind each flap than the related text but this is a book that will grow with the child and can be read and enjoyed over the years to come.
King-Chai’s illustrations are enchanting with great splashes of colour with the scenes perfectly matching the animals depicted with forest scenes, water scenes and desert scenes. A feast for the eyes!!
Animalphabet is a beautiful picture book that would make a treasured gift for any preschool child.
*I received a copy from the publisher.
From the best-selling author of The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo’s Child.
This beautiful hardcover picture book tempts you right from the first look. The cover has a gorgeous illustration of two elephants in a forest, embellished with foil and cut-outs it’s a book that screams to be picked up.
Each page features an animal of the alphabet, bright splashes of colour, peep through cut-outs giving hints of what’s to come and flaps to lift and peek under. As each animal is introduced we are given a hint by way of a question as to what the next animal will be. B is a butterfly then the question is; Who has more legs than a butterfly?
Dot loved this book and her favourite part was guessing what animal came next. We have read this together many times and she is enjoying the accomplishment of getting more and more animals correct.
Ditto loves flaps and was more interested in seeing what is behind each flap than the related text but this is a book that will grow with the child and can be read and enjoyed over the years to come.
King-Chai’s illustrations are enchanting with great splashes of colour with the scenes perfectly matching the animals depicted with forest scenes, water scenes and desert scenes. A feast for the eyes!!
Animalphabet is a beautiful picture book that would make a treasured gift for any preschool child.
*I received a copy from the publisher.
March 14, 2019
“Animales increíbles” es un precioso libro ilustrado dirigido a los más pequeños de la casa. Entre sus páginas se pueden descubrir diferentes hábitats del mundo animal, además de jugar, mediante las adivinanzas que contiene cada página, y descubrir características y habilidades propias de cada ser vivo.
La edición es increíble y el formato en que está diseñado muy práctico y manejable. Si hay algo que destacaría considerablemente son las exquisitas y delicadas ilustraciones delicadas, llenas de pequeños detalles que admirar. La ilustradora juega con el colorido de los animales y sus hábitats, creando en tonos pasteles unas fascinantes láminas llenas de magia y vibración.
Un aspecto muy destacable es que dentro de los animales que aparecen podemos encontrar habituales como el elefante, el tigre o el canguro y otros menos conocidos como el pájaro paraguas, el yak o la codorniz, pasando por todos los tamaños, especies y hábitats.
El libro carece de excesivo texto, sin embargo eso no hace que desmerezca, al contrario permite que el adulto juegue con el niño y lo utilice de recurso para su conveniencia. Por ejemplo, si es usado con niños de menos de tres años, se pueden incidir en el nombre, los colores, los tamaños, los pequeños detalles, los sonidos, el hábitat e incluso las habilidades de cada animal. Con niños de entre tres y cuatro años se puede desarrollar más aún esas ideas, permitiendo que ellos experimenten y manipulen las páginas. A partir de los cuatro años puede ser un buen recurso para incitar a investigar más profundamente sobre esos animales.
Uno de los elementos que se incluyen en esta edición es la cantidad de sorpresas que encierran sus páginas a través de deslumbrantes desplegables y divertidos troquelados.
En conclusión, considero que es un excelente recurso para que padres y educadores utilicen con los niños, debido a que el colorido y el dinamismo de sus páginas pueden ayudar a los niños a desarrollar algunas habilidades perceptivas como la manipulación o la visualización además de habilidades cognitivas como son la atención, observación y memorización, les descubre una nueva forma de trabajar los libros, es interactivo, les fomenta el gusto por la lectura y lo más importante, les permite aprender de una forma lúdica y llamativa.
Lo recomiendo muchísimo, principalmente, para padres, educadores y docentes pero también para adultos que adoren los libros de animales, los libros ilustrados o desee descubrir un nuevo mundo de belleza y color.
La edición es increíble y el formato en que está diseñado muy práctico y manejable. Si hay algo que destacaría considerablemente son las exquisitas y delicadas ilustraciones delicadas, llenas de pequeños detalles que admirar. La ilustradora juega con el colorido de los animales y sus hábitats, creando en tonos pasteles unas fascinantes láminas llenas de magia y vibración.
Un aspecto muy destacable es que dentro de los animales que aparecen podemos encontrar habituales como el elefante, el tigre o el canguro y otros menos conocidos como el pájaro paraguas, el yak o la codorniz, pasando por todos los tamaños, especies y hábitats.
El libro carece de excesivo texto, sin embargo eso no hace que desmerezca, al contrario permite que el adulto juegue con el niño y lo utilice de recurso para su conveniencia. Por ejemplo, si es usado con niños de menos de tres años, se pueden incidir en el nombre, los colores, los tamaños, los pequeños detalles, los sonidos, el hábitat e incluso las habilidades de cada animal. Con niños de entre tres y cuatro años se puede desarrollar más aún esas ideas, permitiendo que ellos experimenten y manipulen las páginas. A partir de los cuatro años puede ser un buen recurso para incitar a investigar más profundamente sobre esos animales.
Uno de los elementos que se incluyen en esta edición es la cantidad de sorpresas que encierran sus páginas a través de deslumbrantes desplegables y divertidos troquelados.
En conclusión, considero que es un excelente recurso para que padres y educadores utilicen con los niños, debido a que el colorido y el dinamismo de sus páginas pueden ayudar a los niños a desarrollar algunas habilidades perceptivas como la manipulación o la visualización además de habilidades cognitivas como son la atención, observación y memorización, les descubre una nueva forma de trabajar los libros, es interactivo, les fomenta el gusto por la lectura y lo más importante, les permite aprender de una forma lúdica y llamativa.
Lo recomiendo muchísimo, principalmente, para padres, educadores y docentes pero también para adultos que adoren los libros de animales, los libros ilustrados o desee descubrir un nuevo mundo de belleza y color.
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February 22, 2019This is a great book for 5-8 year olds which encourages them to use their knowledge of the alphabet and the animal kingdom to try and guess what animal is coming up next.
It can be used for younger kids, or kids without such a grasp of the animal kingdom, to help broaden their knowledge, but part of the fun of this one definitely comes from the questions such as "Who is bigger than a deer?" starting with E, and the excitement when a kid figures out the right answer or discovers a new animal they weren't aware of.
It can be used for younger kids, or kids without such a grasp of the animal kingdom, to help broaden their knowledge, but part of the fun of this one definitely comes from the questions such as "Who is bigger than a deer?" starting with E, and the excitement when a kid figures out the right answer or discovers a new animal they weren't aware of.
November 10, 2020
This is a fun, tactile book. Alena really enjoyed lifting flaps and touching the pages. I like the cutouts too. While reading it, I forgot it is an alphabet book! There's so much to see and think about. It focuses on what's amazing about the different animals. Very cool even for people who aren't still learning the alphabet.
December 17, 2018
A fun alphabet/animal book that asks the reader to guess the next animal, though I don't think it is possible to guess them all on the first try it encourages participation and will have the readers thinking what the next first letter will be. Fun diecuts and flaps too.
February 5, 2019
Gorgeous art that uses cut outs and folding to increase the depth and texture. Really well done.
July 25, 2025
Kids loved it!
August 3, 2021
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July 16, 2019
Animalphabet is such a beautiful children’s book. The striking illustrations provide a captivating read for young children, with a journey through the alphabet which involves illustrations and questioning throughout. Finding the answers to the question in the following letter in the alphabet provides an exciting read for children or as a whole-class EYFS/KS1 text!
November 28, 2018
A stunning book that made me smile all the way through. The flaps on the pages are creative and fun, but will require plenty of supervision when this book is read by younger kids.
February 20, 2019
A very artistic picture book with vivid colors, small and large die cuts, imaginative flaps to be lifted, as well as a number of tri fold pages. This is also a question and answer book, once a letter is presenter than a question is asked leading one to guess what the next animal will be. I especially liked the nightingale and octopus illustrations as well as the flamingoes.
February 22, 2021
Gorgeous artistry, though worried it's going to have a brutally short half life at the library.
The writing is MEH at best. A few things seem logical, like more legs than a butterfly going to caterpillar, but what's jigglier than an iguana, a jellyfish? more see through than a whale an x ray fish? it just doesn't feel logical to force connections in that manner. Iguanas aren't particularly jiggly, whales aren't' see through so almost anything could follow.
The writing is MEH at best. A few things seem logical, like more legs than a butterfly going to caterpillar, but what's jigglier than an iguana, a jellyfish? more see through than a whale an x ray fish? it just doesn't feel logical to force connections in that manner. Iguanas aren't particularly jiggly, whales aren't' see through so almost anything could follow.
November 18, 2020
This picture book has lovely illustrations. And the concept is a good one. However, to help reinforce the look of the letter associate to the animal, there is just the small letter in the text of the animal. Nothing that is bolder or more obvious to help teach a kid the look of the letter the animal starts with.
April 5, 2019
Immediately upon opening this book, young listeners are presented with flaps to lift. It invites them to explore and find out what is going to happen. The book is an alphabet book presented as a guessing game where flaps and page turns reveal the answers. The book begins with ant for A and moves all the way through the alphabet using animals for each letter, ending with the logical zebra. As each animal enters, the book asks a question of the reader. Moving on from ant, the text asks “Who is fancier than an ant?” The answer of butterfly is hidden by a bouquet of flowers that has tantalizing cut outs.
The book is a journey and a quest, from the answering of the questions with animals that start with a specific letter to the turning of each page to reveal a new creature. The questions are helpful at times, jumping high cues the kangaroo’s entrance, for example. Other times, readers will need to think a bit before guessing. The book forms an entire circle, moving from zebra right to ant as the answer for the final question in the book.
The illustrations play a huge role in the pleasure of this book. They are filled with peep holes, flaps to lift, pages to open and much more. The illustrations are full of bright colors, entire habitats, and jaunty animal figures. The joy here is a tactile and mental one combined, making it a very successful and never-dull alphabet book.
Beautifully designed and executed, this one will be a favorite. Appropriate for ages 2-4.
The book is a journey and a quest, from the answering of the questions with animals that start with a specific letter to the turning of each page to reveal a new creature. The questions are helpful at times, jumping high cues the kangaroo’s entrance, for example. Other times, readers will need to think a bit before guessing. The book forms an entire circle, moving from zebra right to ant as the answer for the final question in the book.
The illustrations play a huge role in the pleasure of this book. They are filled with peep holes, flaps to lift, pages to open and much more. The illustrations are full of bright colors, entire habitats, and jaunty animal figures. The joy here is a tactile and mental one combined, making it a very successful and never-dull alphabet book.
Beautifully designed and executed, this one will be a favorite. Appropriate for ages 2-4.
April 30, 2019
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There is a great deal to love in this book too. First, this is a lift the flap book the flaps of which extend the pages in different ways, at times doubling the page’s size outward or upward or downward. Sometimes the flaps are large and sometimes they are small. Simply interacting with the pages was fun and exciting, but the whole book too is a guessing game. “Who can slither better than a rabbit? A snake! Who can growl better than a snake? A tiger!” The animals are alphabetically mentioned. There are peep-through holes in many creative shapes in the pages that hint at the following page but rarely at the hidden animal. Often the question itself hints at the upcoming animal, mentioning some act associated with that animal, as snakes are known to slither and tigers are known for their growls. For a primer, this is a very delicate book, but what a wonderfully colorful, wonderfully creative book. I think its silliness, its beauty, and its creativity will shine for older readers too. I hope that they will.
There is a great deal to love in this book too. First, this is a lift the flap book the flaps of which extend the pages in different ways, at times doubling the page’s size outward or upward or downward. Sometimes the flaps are large and sometimes they are small. Simply interacting with the pages was fun and exciting, but the whole book too is a guessing game. “Who can slither better than a rabbit? A snake! Who can growl better than a snake? A tiger!” The animals are alphabetically mentioned. There are peep-through holes in many creative shapes in the pages that hint at the following page but rarely at the hidden animal. Often the question itself hints at the upcoming animal, mentioning some act associated with that animal, as snakes are known to slither and tigers are known for their growls. For a primer, this is a very delicate book, but what a wonderfully colorful, wonderfully creative book. I think its silliness, its beauty, and its creativity will shine for older readers too. I hope that they will.
April 15, 2021
This is by far one of the most beautiful children's books I have come across, the collage style drawings create different textures while the cut out pages and flaps genuinely keep your little one focused, I tend to watch Noahs face while reading to him to see how he is interacting with the story and to see what works best for him whether it be musical books, bright colours, interactive books etc and the addition of fold out pages and flaps genuinely had him taking in the whole book. The connection between the animal letters is also quite delightful as Donaldson included animals that you wouldn't typically come across for a kids alphabet book because let me tell you, after a while saying C is for cow will get mighty tedious.
June 25, 2021
This is by far one of the most beautiful children's books I have come across, the collage style drawings create different textures while the cut out pages and flaps genuinely keep your little one focused, I tend to watch Noahs face while reading to him to see how he is interacting with the story and to see what works best for him whether it be musical books, bright colours, interactive books etc and the addition of fold out pages and flaps genuinely had him taking in the whole book. The connection between the animal letters is also quite delightful as Donaldson included animals that you wouldn't typically come across for a kids alphabet book because let me tell you, after a while saying C is for cow will get mighty tedious.
June 21, 2019
Possibly the most beautiful alphabet book I’ve ever seen! The illustrations are stunning, and the flaps and holes in the pictures that reveal the next creative make the story so much more exciting.
I love that it’s an alphabet book connected to animals! My only wish would be that it the story had been a little simpler, and not tried to connect each animal to the next. Some of the connections were a little tenuous and the book didn’t need them anyway in my opinion!
It’s gorgeous though and a lovely book, I would recommend.
I love that it’s an alphabet book connected to animals! My only wish would be that it the story had been a little simpler, and not tried to connect each animal to the next. Some of the connections were a little tenuous and the book didn’t need them anyway in my opinion!
It’s gorgeous though and a lovely book, I would recommend.
July 29, 2024
A really fun animal alphabet book, incorporating die cut and lift-the-flap pages. Starting with the humble ant, we get a little hint to the next animal: "Who is fancier than an ant?" A butterfly, of course! And so it goes, with lots of comparisons between animals, great vocabulary and artwork, all the way to Z for Zebra - but we're not done! Who is smaller than a zebra? Go back to the beginning of the book to find out! A winner for both style and substance. (And thank goodness none of Donaldson's usual sing-songy rhymes.)
May 3, 2019
Q & A picture book with lots of pull out pages. I have to say this book was so thoughtful, and exploring the different elements that pull away from each page was a genuine delight. Prepare for lots of questions though: I've never heard of an X-Ray Fish myself, and I doubt many alphabet-learners will have heard of an Umbrella Bird. Illustrations are vibrant and stylized. Really, really pretty book.
July 12, 2020
Alphabet Animal as name suggest 26 animals are pictured alpbhabetically and connected with continuity of comparison of animals with present animal to proceeding one. The quality of this book is really prefect. Each page has cut or flap which creates anticipation of what’s hidden in next page.
Children love to explore the beauty hidden in this gorgeous peeks boo flap book.
This book is a treasure which is supposed to be enjoyed by kids.
Children love to explore the beauty hidden in this gorgeous peeks boo flap book.
This book is a treasure which is supposed to be enjoyed by kids.
August 25, 2021
A lift-the-flap style animal alphabet book. Donaldson writes a sort-of riddle to introduce each animals. For example, who's fancier than an ant? A butterfly. Who has more legs than a butterfly? A caterpillar. So on and so forth. Children will encounter a good many animals they would necessarily find in an alphabet book. But on the whole, as an alphabet book, it doesn't work. Also, it is not going to last long with multiple library uses.
August 16, 2023
Such a cute way to work with the alphabet. It has great illustrations that are full of color, some surprising flips ups and cutouts, and use some atypical animals for the letters that will expand kids knowledge of letter concepts. The text in the book is fun and lyrical and lends itself to having the kids guess what animal is going to come next. The predictive aspect makes this a great book for a read-aloud for preschoolers.
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