The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Sierra, Judy

The Sleepy Little Alphabet: A Bedtime Story from Alphabet Town

40 pp. | Knopf | June, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-375-84002-9 $16.99

(1) PS Illustrated by Melissa Sweet. Twenty-six lowercase letters try to avoid bedtime. Starting with a ("wide awake"--and playing the accordion), we progress through tooth-brushing, undressing, and bedtime stories with intermittent bursts of off-task silliness. Sierra's lively rhyming text sets up the alphabet sequence in a memorable way. Sweet's colorful block letters (clothed but still recognizable) have big round eyes, short limbs, and plenty of attitude.

Reviewer: Lolly Robinson | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2009