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The letter 'A' is so much fun! Watch an acrobat balance above an alligator named Alistair on wire strung between two apple trees. Also watch the aeroplanes flying in the sky and find many other 'A' words scattered throughout the scene. For each letter of the alphabet, step into a mini theatrical set - constructed of materials such as plastic toys, tin and clay - which not only illustrates the book's alliterative text, but also features hidden objects beginning with the same letter.
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Tired of plain vanilla ABC books? Apple, ball, cat... Here's a witty charmer that you'll like as much--if not more--as your kids do. Valorie Fisher's Ellsworth's Extraordinary Electric Ears features a single, perfectly arranged diorama in homage to every letter. Plastic figurines, paper cutouts, tiny clay sculptures, and artfully repurposed everyday objects (see Holly's "humble handbag home") populate each cheery scene, all filled to bursting with items beginning with the designated letter. (On the "C" page, there are at least 20 different things beginning with the letter "C".) Even better than the silly tableaux are the breathless alliterations accompanying each scene. Just try to read them without adding aural italics and exclamation points galore: "Nigel's nifty newspaper neckties were nothing but a naughty nuisance," "Vacationing in the valley of a violent volcano was very invigorating for Violet," and "Zelda's zigzagged zebra was the zippiest at the zoo" are among the best.
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The book is beautifully suited both to very young kids who are in full noun-acquisition mode as well as to older children who've become adept at matching images and words beginning with specific letters. For example, the "L" page features several items a toddler could pick out--lion, ladder, lemons--without fully understanding that these things are grouped together because they start with the same letter. There are also less readily named items in the picture: a llama, a laundry basket, and a locomotive. And then there's the book's grownup appeal: "Pepita's pink paper parasols were particularly popular with pirates." Check out all the swarthy, half-dressed pirate figurines clutching paper drink umbrellas and see how long it takes you to start planning a theme party around your favorite letter of the alphabet. (Ages 2 to 6) --Jennifer Lindsay
Valorie Fisher is a fine art photographer whose work has been exhibited in, and is part of, museum collections in England and the United States. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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- PublisherPocket Childrens Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0689860870
- ISBN 13 9780689860874
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
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