Monday, February 21, 2022

My First a b c (1993)

 My First a b c by Jane Bunting (1993) is a product of Dorling Kindersley Limited, so it's practically guaranteed to be first rate. This is a large book of photographs organized by letters of the English alphabet. On each page, right in the middle, is a large lower-case letter in a bright color and wood grain finish. Photographs surround the letter. For example, The letter "g" has photographs of a goldfish, glasses, giraffe, guitar, gorilla, game, green paint, glove, and goose. The name of each picture appears in black typed font; my guess is it is Times New Roman. There is a border along each two-page spread. Inside the border a cute bug-like creature lines up capital letters that it pulls from a toy wagon. This book is large enough to for an adult to show a small group of children. What a beautiful book to elicit conversation. 

The Santa Clauses (1986)

The Santa Clauses retold by Achim Broger is a cute story of a young boy who saves Christmas. In this story, the little guy learns that ther...