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Messenger, Norman

An Artist's Alphabet

40 pp. | Candlewick | September, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-8123-4 $17.99
(4) PS Messenger, the titular artist, depicts the alphabet with cryptic Audubon-like illustrations rendered in watercolor and pencil. Acrobats form uppercase and lowercase As, caterpillars create Bs, and waves form Cs. While there isn't a clear link between subject and letter, the graceful, strange images in muted colors against clean cream backgrounds may fascinate readers as much as confuse them.
Reviewer: Dorrie Karlin

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