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72 pp.
| Simon |
September, 2006 |
TradeISBN 0-689-85290-8$16.95
(4)
K-3
A young artist's rhyming alphabet book, populated by silly monsters, is subverted by creatures intent on turning his illustrations into a counting exercise. The unadulterated zaniness of the text and illustrations seems intended to prevent, not promote, alphabet learning, and readers may become exhausted by the frenetic pace. A dedication in rhyme acknowledges the author/illustrator's debt to Seuss and Lear.