Alternative ABCs

by Dave Parmley, Eric Ruffing

An alternative ABC board book for hipster, urban parents and their cool little youngsters. Borrowing aesthetics from street, skate, and music subcultures, custom design and typography beautifully spell out this unique alphabet. From Calligraffiti to Pin-Striping, and from Goth to punk, this little book crosses multiple genres. Graphically bold and colorful, ALTERNATIVE ABCs is a great new addition to our growing line of ABC books. 

Genres: Childrens

58 pages, Board Book

First published June 1, 2010

Reviews

[Luna Hilsman · Rating 5 out of 5]

My daughter loves the super colorful pictures. And I (Mom) love that I'm not reading A is for Apple for the millionth time.

[Paul Hankins · Rating 5 out of 5]

A colleague gave this book to me for my birthday knowing that I was collecting ABC books. We had a little trouble with C is for CAMO, both of us reading it as "Chino," a type of pants. Now, this may say something to difficult nature of decoding some of the letters on the pages of this "hipster-urban" approach to ABCs, or it may be a teachable moment of using the whole text. Behind the letters we couldn't decipher was a camoflauge pattern. . .

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

f is for flames, g is for graffiti, p is for peace, t is for tattoo! SO cool...great for all those hipster, urban parents...and me...:)

[Tina · Rating 4 out of 5]

L is for Lowrider...very cute and funny book, although I got this for my niece and I think the letters may be a little difficult to decipher...