I enjoyed this book tremendously!
-How Elhert's unique style of cutting an
pasting in her
illustrations focus on the way that light hits the fruit or vegetable at different angles, because of this her art has a very realistic quality, that teaches about each fruit and vegetable because of the details she's managed to capture in this artistic technique. She's one of my favorite picture book authors and illustrators. I have learned about how to make this same effect in artwork in my work with children and they just absolutely loved it. ( )

A brightly-colored alphabet book that depicts the letters with an accompanied piece of produce. The high contrast of the images against the white background will interest the youngest of readers. 

Lois Ehlert has a really unusual style of illustration that I find very appealing. In this book she has gathered a collection of fruits and vegetables, some familiar and some more unusual, to illustrate the alphabet. Older children will probably find this quite boring unless they are interested in the lovely artwork, although there is a glossary in the back explaining each food that could be of interest. The book really is more valuable for younger children who are learning the alphabet and can use the foods they are familiar with the make connections between letters and sounds. ( )

This book is about eating your way through the alphabet. It reviews A, B, C's in an easy way for children to remeber them, food. If children eat their way through the alphabet it has a better chance to sink in.

This is an interesting take on an alphabet book. I don't know if I would use it in my classroom but I would have it in my library. The book goes through the alphabet by using different fruits and vegetables that are unfamiliar to most people. The back of the book has a glossary which tells what the fruit is and where it is grown. The pictures are cute, but it isn't a book I would read in my class. ( )