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Overview
You've learned your alphabet, from Apple to Zebra. Now have some fun with it! See the hag with the heebies-jeebies. Hear Carrotina play her concertina. Each verse plays with a letter of the alphabet "in this animated alphabet book, abuzz with crazy characters. A splendid collaboration . . . There is never a dull moment."--Publishers Weekly, starred review. Full color.Presents an alliterative humorous verse for each letter of the alphabet, including "The Enigmatic Egg," "Mishmash," and "Worrywart."
Editorials
Children's Literature -
Jeanne Steig's Alpha Beta Chowder is the most deliciously wicked ABC poetry book to appear in recent years. Ms. Steig delights readers with the saucy humor while she challenges their vocabulary quotients. "An Appetizer for Alexander", for example, begins "Abhorrent axolotl, scat! Unless you'd like to feed my cat," and ends with an explanation of what an axolotl is-"Amphibian, avoid thy fate. Slither off! Absquatulate!" Adults will enjoy as much as the kids her verbal agility and William Steig's outrageously funny caricatures.Children's Literature -
The Steigs have some fun with a cornucopia of words in this light verse tribute to the alphabet. From a to z, each poem plays with its letter adroitly, from abhorrent axolotles to "Feckless Father's Foolish Frolic" and "Shipwrecked Sailors Salvage Stilton." The poems should delightfully twist kids' tongues, while William Steig's usual wry illustrations will add appropriate flavor. Ogden Nash would be proud.Book Details
Published
May 3, 1995
Publisher
New York : HarperCollins, 1992.
Pages
32
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780062059024