The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Catalanotto, Peter

Matthew A.B.C.

32 pp. | Atheneum/Jackson | June, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-689-84582-0 $$14.95

(2) PS After the principal wonders how Mrs. Tuttle tells the twenty-five Matthews in her class apart, we are treated to a cumulatively wacky alphabetical rundown of the traits distinguishing one boy from the next. "Nearly naked" Matthew N. wears briefs and a superhero cape, while "fiercely tense" Matthew T. inclines rigidly against his chair like a tin soldier. Sturdy watercolors illustrate this clever alphabet book.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2002