The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Escoffier, Michaël

Take Away the A

64 pp. | Enchanted Lion | September, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59270-156-8 $17.95

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Kris Di Giacomo. This creative twist on the traditional alphabet book takes a word (e.g., beast), removes one letter to make a new word (best), and imagines a scene that incorporates both: "Without the A / the BEAST is the BEST." Di Giacomo's outside-the-box illustrations interpret the word pairings in unexpected ways. Text and art play effortlessly off each other, enhancing humor and meaning.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2014