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Posted: Feb 20 2005 at 12:03pm | IP Logged Quote Elizabeth

Our foray into sign language has yielded a new favorite alphabet book. There are beautiful drawings of hands signing each of the 26 letters, with alphabetic pictures intertwined. For instance, the sign for "a" is a fist; grasped in the fist are some stalks of asparagus. The color drawings are lovely. My eldest is the artist in our family and this is a book he brought home from the library when instructed to "find something good on sign language." He was captivated because in his opinion "hands are really hard to do." I ordered the book for him (he's 16) because I know he'll spend hours with his pencils, copying those hands. His little siblings like the book too . You can see it   here:

A Handmade Alphabet

Now, what's your current favorite (or all-time favorite) alphabet book? I'll post some more of ours later...

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Posted: Feb 20 2005 at 12:28pm | IP Logged Quote Bridget

We like 'M is for Mitten' by Annie Appleford. It's all about our
state. (Michigan is shaped like a mitten.) Lots of places and
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M is Mitten

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Posted: Feb 20 2005 at 2:44pm | IP Logged Quote MacBeth

Oh!! I love the "Journey Around" Series:

Journey Around Boston A to Z, Journey Around NY A to Z, Journey Around D. C. A to Z...Cape Cod, San Francisco, and more...

See a sample Journey Around A to Z books here!

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Posted: Feb 20 2005 at 3:12pm | IP Logged Quote MaryM

I love A Handmade Alphabet, too, Elizabeth!

Also, the Michigan one you mention, Bridget, is part of a series called Discover America State by State from Sleeping Bear Press. Ours is C is for Centennial (because Colorado became a state in 1876). They are still working on these so some states have not yet been published. They are really fun. In addition to the states they publish ones for the Canadian provinces and also a bunch of other interesting titles/topics, like a couple of my favorites B is for Buckaroo: A Cowboy Alphabet and H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet. I figured you'd like that one Angie. Elizabeth, they have K is for Kick: A Soccer Alphabet but I haven't personally seen that one.

Two of my other favorites are:

Antler, Bear, Canoe: A Northwoods Alphabet Year I love woodcut illustrations.
The Butterfly Alphabet It is a beautiful book and amazing that they found all the letters in patterns on butterfly wings.


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Posted: Feb 20 2005 at 3:33pm | IP Logged Quote MacBeth

I really love alphabet books, and I keep them even though we don't need them anymore. Here are a few other I pulled off the shelves:

Illuminations and Bestiary by Jonathan Hunt
Anno's Alphabet (oop)
Animalia by Graeme Base
The Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey (ghastly fun)
The Flower Fairies Alphabet Coloring Book by Cicely Mary Barker
Q Is for Quark by David M. Schwartz
Alligators All Around by Maurice Sendak

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Posted: Feb 21 2005 at 1:47pm | IP Logged Quote cathhomeschool

We just received Letters from Heaven: An Illuminated Alphabet and we really like it. The boys are using it for inspiration while illustrating their Easter notebooks.

Eating the Alphabet is another favorite.

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Posted: Feb 21 2005 at 2:43pm | IP Logged Quote teachingmom

cathhomeschool wrote:
We just received Letters from Heaven: An Illuminated Alphabet and we really like it. The boys are using it for inspiration while illustrating their Easter notebooks.


Dear Janette,
Letters from Heaven looks like a great tie-in for our Middle Ages history study. Thanks for the suggestion!

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My favorite is The Z Was Zapped by Chris Van Allsburg :)
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I grew up with a book called First ABC: An Educational Picture Book text by Nancy Larrick, illustrations by Rene Martin. It was published in 1959, 1962. It's a tall book, with a full sized illustration for each letter. I got our old family's copy first -- scribbled on, duct tape on the binding, but our son loved it. So I found a nicer copy in Ebay. The illustrations are just so stunning...very realistic and detailed. Even as an adult I could look for hours.

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Posted: May 26 2005 at 9:34am | IP Logged Quote momwise

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!

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We end Chicka Chicka Boom Boom here in our home! We also like A is for Salad.

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A Gardener's Alphabet
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Posted: June 01 2005 at 8:05pm | IP Logged Quote Marybeth

Sue,

I am getting both of your recommendations from my library tomorrow. It is so fun to be able to put books on hold!

Thanks--these will be great reading for us b/c we are spending most weekends in our garden.

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Our family's favorite is Alison's Zinnia by Anita Lobel. "Alison acquired an Amaryllis for Beryl." Each page features a beautiful color illustration of the flower mentioned on that page. The publisher is Mulberry Books.`

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Although I hate to support anything associated with Disney, I still rather like the Baby Einstein "ABCs of Art" by Julie Aigner-Clark.

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How about:

An Alphabet of Saints by Robert Hugh Benson published by Neumann Press.

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Posted: June 17 2005 at 4:20pm | IP Logged Quote Nina Murphy

Here's our list:

On Market Street (Lobel)---all ages love these wonderful pictures
Animalia (Base)---my husband's favorite
Alligators All Around---my sentimental childhood fave
Dr. Seuss' ABC book---I think the easiest to learn by
Curious George learns the Alphabet---makes remembering the shapes easy
Richard Scarry's Best Storybook Ever--silly and clever
Eating the Alphabet (Ehlert)
Underwater Alphabet Book (Pallotta)
I Spy: An Alphabet in Art (Micklethwait)

and our current favorite, So Many Bunnies (Walton)


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We just love Gyo Fujikawa's A to Z Picture Book.

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Posted: July 01 2005 at 8:39am | IP Logged Quote Marybeth

My ds has really liked many of the books recommended on this thread. Thanks for starting it Elizabeth! I have so many book lists for the library that I may have to bring a binder.

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Posted: Sept 30 2005 at 4:04pm | IP Logged Quote Marybeth

We just borrowed from the library Apricot ABC which my ds really liked. I, of course, returned it and didn't write down the author. I wanted to post it before I forgot it.

Another very fun ABC book is Agent A to Agent Zby Andy Rash. Dh and Ds read this book almost nightly. They love to pretend to be on secret missions so this spy book is very appropiate for them!

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