One of Ehlert's best-loved books is available in a sturdy, easy-to-hold edition for the youngest readers-to-be. From the everyday apple to the exotic xiqua, colorful collages of fruits and vegetables delight toddlers as they learn their ABCUs. Full-color.
One of Ehlert's best-loved books is available in a sturdy, easy-to-hold edition for the youngest readers-to-be. From the everyday apple to the exotic xiqua, colorful collages of fruits and vegetables delight toddlers as they learn their ABCUs. Full-color.
A vibrant and sturdy word book starring fruits and vegetables from around the world from Caldecott Honor–winning author-illustrator Lois Ehlert. Features upper- and lowercase letters for preschoolers just learning language.
Each turn of the page reveals a mouth-watering arrangement of foods: Indian corn, jalapeno, jicama, kumquat, kiwifruit and kohlrabi. Lois Ehlert's lively watercolors paired with bold easy-to-read type make for a highly appealing and accessible book for parents and children to devour.
At the end of the book, Ehlert provides a detailed glossary that includes pronunciation, botanical information, the origin and history of the particular plant and occasional mythological references, with a small watercolor picture to remind the reader of what the plant looks like.
Apple to Zucchini,
come take a look.
Start eating your way
through this alphabet book.
“"Ehlert's eye-catching alphabet book splashes exuberant colors across each page."-- Booklist (starred review)”
"Ehlert's eye-catching alphabet book splashes exuberant colors across each page."--Booklist (starred review)
"Illustrations . . . seem to grow off the page in bursts of health and freshness."
--The Horn Book
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Lois Ehlert is the Caldecott Honor winning author and illustrator of Color Zoo, as well as Color Farm, and Circus. She is also the illustrator of many other books including Crocodile Smile by Sarah Weeks, and A Pair of Socks by Stuart J. Murphy. She lives in Milwaukee, WI.
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