I love ABC books, always have – but this one has a little something different. It’s urbane, artsy, even chic… and very very clever.Johnson has taken his tripod and nipped all over the city with a very clever eye, to take photographs of anything and everything that look like letters of the alphabet. The only thing is – these amazing photographs are NOT photographs. They are paintings.
Created in varying medium from watercolour to gouache and charcoal, these exquisite pictures give the eye a run for its money in search of the ABC.
Rest assured, your clever tots will find the letters well before you.
No wonder Alphabet City received a Caldecott Honor Award.
Love it. Add it to your ABC collection.
Title: Alphabet City
Author/Illustrator: Stephen T Johnson
Publisher: Penguin
Format: Softcover
ISBN: 9780140559040
For ages: 1 - 6
Type: Picture Book
