On Market Street

Have you ever seen a man dressed entirely in playing cards? Or a girl wearing a lollipop dress? Take a stroll through a most unusual market in this twenty-fifth anniversary edition of a Caldecott Honor Book.

"In a delightful and unusual book, a boy trots down Market Street buying presents for a friend, each one starting with a letter of the alphabet. Every letter is illustrated by a figure ingeniously composed of, for instance, apples or wigs or quilts. The notion is original, and the sum total enjoyable and unique." --Horn Book.

A child buys presents from A to Z in the shops along Market Street.

Here is a world of wonders from A to Z. Inspired by seventeenth-century French trade engravings, Anita Lobel's brilliant paintings of the shopkeepers on Market Street—each composed of his or her wares—will provide blissful hours for all who join the Lobels on an unforgettable shopping spree.

Carrie Hane Hung <%ISBN%>0688803091 - Children's Literature

With a bag full of coins, a child stops in the specialty shops of Market Street where the merchants are creatively dressed in the A to Z merchandise, from apples to ribbons to zippers. In this alphabet book the child's day kicks off with a rhyme at the start of Market Street leading to each merchandiser garbed in the theme of the item he or she sells. On each simply framed page, the finely detailed and inventive composition of the shopkeeper's attire is amusing and delightful. At the end of the shopping day the rhyme brings the story to a close. With a coin-less bag, the child heads home with the purchased A to Z presents for a friend. The gifts are visibly carried in a magical armload and provide fun as one reviews the shopping treasures at the end of the day. It is no wonder the young shopper is fast asleep after this shopping venture! 1989 (orig. 1981), Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins Children's Books, , and Ages 3 to 7.

Arnold Lobel (1933-1987) was the award-winning author and illustrator of many beloved children's books, including the classic I Can Read books about Frog and Toad, and the Caldecott Medal winning Fables.