Elephant Alphabet by Gene Yates (2006) is an amusing look at letters. I like the consistency in the way the elephants are drawn. Each is a stocky, boxy pachyderm, so the leap to orthography isn't too large. Each letter accompanies a sentence with plenty of alliteration. "J elephant jumps for joy and drinks jugs of juice." The letters appear in color, in this case all of the "j"s are purple. And, believe it or not, Yates's picture has an elephant jumping into the shape of a "j"! It takes a lively imagination to produce twenty-six memorable situations for an elephant to celebrate each letter of the alphabet! This is a board book that very young readers will enjoy again and again.
