Me! Me! ABC

by Harriet Ziefert, Ingri Von Bergin (Illustrator)

A group of demanding dolls act out an ABC of action words.

Buckle me!
Dance with me!
Follow me!
Kiss me!

This unique set of big-eyed, handmade, vinyl characters animate an action alphabet. Follow all seven charactersin a variety of activities from A to Z. A one-of-a-kind alphabet book for kids of all ages!

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published April 13, 2006

About the author

Harriet Ziefert grew up in North Bergen, New Jersey, where she attended the local schools. She graduated from Smith College, then received a Masters degree in Education from New York University.

For many years, Ziefert was an elementary school teacher. She taught most grades from kindergarten to fifth grade. "I liked it," she said, but she stopped teaching when she had her own sons. When her children were older, Ziefert wanted "a bigger arena" for her work. She went to work at a publishing company, Scholastic in New York City, developing materials for teacher's guides for kindergarten language arts and social studies programs.

"About twelve years ago," says Ziefert in a 1995 interview, "I tried to get a job as an editor, but no one would hire me as a trade editor. So I decided to write my own books." Since then, she has written several hundred books, mostly picture books and easy-to-read books. "I write books very quickly," she says, "in about twelve hours. I rewrite them three times over three days, and then they're done." She writes about twenty books a year.

Reviews

[Vivian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Irresistible dolls depict the many ways children want you to show your love.
Sharing this at a library story time I framed the "orders" in question form.
Rather than "Admire me" I asked, do your grownups ADMIRE you? etc.
Definitely one of my all time favorite alphabet books.

[Darren · Rating 1 out of 5]

To me this book came across as someone or some people who like making pleather dolls (?) decided to make a children's book out of their hobby. There's an alphabet, but a lot of the verbs don't immediately match the picture (jump at a picture of two dolls on the diving board, one afraid. "love me" beside a devil doll crying...) or are strange words for the age group, like "obey me". Would not use this in class. What the hell, really, is my most honest reaction to this book.

[Erica Handley · Rating 4 out of 5]

When my niece was younger, I had to read this book to her over and over again. She loved the little characters.

[Dobby Girl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Low rating... for me, adults, it was good. I like the ending 'me'. All abc ends with me. It was creative. It is not for kids, though. Hard verbs and unmatching pictures with the words.