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Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson
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Alphabet City

by Stephen T. Johnson

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This book has NO TEXT! I was surprised. It does have real life pictures that you need to pull the letter out of. The photos are neat but I was not impressed. I could use it for spying letters for PreK-K. ( )
  awiltenburg | Sep 15, 2009 |
This book takes an interesting perspective in presenting a very simple concept. Kids are familiar with the alphabet and the shapes of the letters from an early age. This book displays all the letters of the alphabet as he found them throughout urban settings. Some stand out clearly while others are more not as easily recognized. The author explains his book's purpose in a short introduction that gives the reader an even better sense of his accomplishment. I would challenge my fourth-graders to find the letters of the alphabet in their neighborhoods...or out in nature rather than in the city.
  LDB2009 | Apr 11, 2009 |
K-2. Picture book. This book would be great to show students how to recoginze the shapes of letters in everyday life. It may help them to better remember the form of the letter so it comes easier to them to remember what each letter looks like. ( )
  aengle | Feb 26, 2009 |
I thought that this book was a great way of teaching students the alphabet and architecture. ( )
  Bookwormeater | Feb 23, 2009 |
Fabulous alphabet book with pictures of real objects forming letters in different areas of a city.
  drdonovan | Feb 10, 2009 |
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Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0140559043, Paperback)

A 1996 Caldecott Honor book

The urban landscape will never look the same again. As Stephen T. Johnson demonstrates in a series of strikingly realistic pastels and watercolors, a simple sawhorse can contain the letter "A"--while lampposts alongside a highway can form a row of elegant, soaring Ys. A 1996 Caldecott Honor book, this sophisticated, wordless alphabet book is sure to appeal to young and old alike.

"Imaginative, stimulating, and striking." --The Horn Book

"Sure to intrigue." --Booklist

* A Picture Puffin
* Full-color illustrations
* 32 pages
* All ages

(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:04 -0400)

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