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Richardson, Bill

The Alphabet Thief

40 pp. | Groundwood | March, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55498-877-8 $16.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-55498-878-5
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Roxanna Bikadoroff. Rhyming, dactyl-filled verses describe a thief who wreaks havoc as she steals letter after letter, turning coats to cots, bowls to owls, and so on. While many of the thirty-two quatrains are well crafted, others use contorted syntax and arcane vocabulary in an effort to maintain the conceit through the entire alphabet. Humorous line and wash illustrations clarify the sometimes-complicated plot.
Reviewer: Lolly Robinson

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