Unusual movable illustrations introduce the letters of the alphabet while encouraging youngsters to create their own imaginative tales - (Baker & Taylor)
Such entries as American ants, birds on bikes, and cow in car are in this alphabet book. - (Baker & Taylor)
P.D. Eastman, the author of Go, Dog, Go! and Are You My Mother? takes you on a silly romp through the alphabet.
From American Ants to a Zebra with a Zither, there are laughs in store: an elephant on eggs! A walrus in a wig!
And there's a handy alphabet down the side of each page so that everyone can keep track of where they are in the ABC's. - (Random House, Inc.)
P. D. Eastman was an author and illustrator who created many children’s books, including Are You My Mother?; Go, Dog. Go!; and The Best Nest. Trained at the National Academy of Design, he published his first Beginner Book, Sam and the Firefly, in 1958. Since then, his books have sold more than 50 million copies, and he has become one of the most beloved children’s book authors in the world. - (Random House, Inc.)
Horn Book Guide Reviews
This book (reissued in paperback in 2000) is back as an easy reader in paper-over-board and library editions. Eastman's simple, humorous cartoons illustrate exactly what the words describe. This is a useful book for beginning readers (and nostalgic adults).