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Demarest, Chris L.

Alpha Bravo Charlie: The Military Alphabet

40 pp. | McElderry | June, 2005 | Trade ISBN 0-689-86928-2 $16.95

(2) K-3 Demarest adds to his boy-friendly series of concept books with this alphabetic tribute to the armed forces. For each letter, the author-illustrator includes the International Communications Alphabet-designated word and the U.S. Navy's signal flag. The vigorous illustrations are action-filled; each is accompanied by a sentence that gives a context for the picture while using words beginning with the relevant letter.

Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2005