Charley Harper ABCs

CHARLEY HARPER ABCs is a delightful children's hardcover book featuring this American icon's colorful graphic illustrations of animals and nature.

Conceived as a mini companion to the impressive, large-format CHARLEY HARPER: AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE, ABCs introduces Charley's work to budding young readers and grown-ups alike. Charley's illustrations make learning A is for Ape, B is for Bird, and C is for Crab memorable and fun.

This charming book is sure to appeal to Charley's loyal fans as well as introduce his lyrical illustrations to a whole new generation of young readers.

Charley Harper was an American illustrator who worked from his studio in the woods near Cincinnati, Ohio, until his death in 2007, at the age of eighty-four. He is beloved for his delightful, graphic, and often humorous illustrations of nature, animals, insects, and people alike. Charley liked to say that when he paints a bird, he doesn't count all the feathers in the wings—he just counts the wings. Minimal realism, he called it, and his unique and precise style continues to resonate with and inspire his admirers both young and old.