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Jeffers, Oliver

Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories for All the Letters

112 pp. | Philomel | October, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-399-16791-1 $26.99
(1) K-3 Each letter gets its own story in this inventive collection of (sometimes) interlocking four-page tales, from A (for astronaut Edmund, afraid of heights) to Z (for the zeppelin Edmund flies four feet above the ground). Jeffers's loose cartoon style lends itself to visual humor. Although alphabet books are usually for younger children, it's older kids who will delight here in the clever concepts.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2015

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