Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z

by Lois Ehlert, Lois Ehlert (Illustrator)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Engaging and interactive, this educational picture book features vibrant illustrations ideal for helping early readers identify and recognize fruits, vegetables and letters.

While teaching upper and lowercase letters to preschoolers, Ehlert introduces fruits and vegetables from around the world. A glossary at the end provides interesting facts about each food. 11 X 8-1/2. Full-color illustrations

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780152244354
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/10/1989
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	40
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.38(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Lois Ehlert was the author-illustrator of many picture books, including Caldecott Honor–winning Color Zoo, Leaf Man, Pie in the Sky, In My World, Growing Vegetable Soup, Planting a Rainbow, and the best-selling Waiting for Wings.

Lois Ehlert was the author-illustrator of many picture books, including Caldecott Honor–winning Color Zoo, Leaf Man, Pie in the Sky, In My World, Growing Vegetable Soup, Planting a Rainbow, and the best-selling Waiting for Wings.

Editorial Reviews

"Ehlert's eye-catching alphabet book splashes exuberant colors across each page."—Booklist (starred review)

"Illustrations . . . seem to grow off the page in bursts of health and freshness."
—The Horn Book
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From the Publisher

A board-book version of Ehlert's bright, bold alphabet book of fruits and vegetables, this is smaller than the original, but almost identical in content. Since the shape of the book remains the same, the layout and pictures are intact. The glossary is gone, but it will not be missed at this age level. The brilliant colors look even more vibrant on the glossy, laminated pages, though the illustrations lose some of their graphic punch when reduced in size. Still, a well-designed book for toddlers intrigued by parsnips, potatoes, peas, peppers, pumpkins, and the like.

Carolyn Phelan