The Construction Alphabet Book (Jerry Pallotta’s Alphabet Books) was written by Jerry Pallotta and illustrated by Rob Bolster. This simple book provides lots of vocabulary for kids, and may inspire them to create on their own. He creates each letter by using a verb starting with that letter. Join a creative little mouse as he builds the entire alphabet. Lastly, there is the bang-up "Xeter Xlex Xtolled an Xcellent Xpert" in Peter Piper's Painting Book (16.2.3).This adorable spin on classic alphabet books showcases a word that matches each letter but through a hilarious tale of Bear, who suddenly wakes up in the middle of winter and does some exploration.Īlphabet Under Construction was written and illustrated by Denise Fleming. X stands for excellent, when on barrels of beer įrom Routledge's Picture Gift Book (11.5.5). In Read's ABC of Common Objects (10.1.7). Then, xacca and xacotoo (for cockatoo) make an appearance after the existence of Australia registers in England.ĪBC of Common Objects" X is Xangti, a god in China believed,īut he's mere wood and paint, so they're sadly deceived. Xebec and Xerxes ("An uncle has said I'll tell you about him but now go to bed," in Arthur's Alphabet, 4.4.3) have a long run. From "X is the next letter" in The Poetic Gift (1.4.12), 1842, it only gets better. X is a particular challenge to the writers of ABCs. The Union ABC (2.1.4), dating from the Civil War, shows Lincoln's portrait surrounded by the instruments of destruction. He thinks, as he reads, to the wars he will goĪs he stands in the street staring at an enlistment poster. In The Soldier's Alphabet (13.2.4) Y is a yokel with funds getting low When war creeps into the alphabet books, V shows a veteran uncle with no eye or leg. He carries himself with his thin nose in the air in Tom Thumb's Alphabet (11.5.6) and is pestered by a smirking ragamuffin. Q was a Quaker, very plain in his dress,Īnd rather austere, but good none the less. V stands for Vagrant, Victuals and Virgin in Read's Pictorial Alphabet (10.1.1). The Alphabet of Flowers (11.5.6) has "Oleander, the gardener's pride He thinks it the finest in all England" grown in a pot like a spindly poinsettia, a sorry pass for the freeway immortal. The picture shows an egghead peering at a lion in a vitrine against a dense black background. So please take your choice: that's if you have any. N is a newsboy, who plies well his calling, In another Alphabet of Trades (11.5.5), c.1865, When the zero we reach, of all heat there is dearth. In the Alphabet of English Things (11.1.3), Z are the zones, that encircle the earth The Alphabet of Trades (7.1.5) has an interesting mix of old and new: An "engineer is E planning steam machinery" & "Y begins yeoman who is born to plough the land and till the corn." All sorts of things filter into alphabet books. O for Ordnance, fired in cases of need" (with a little girl and a dog huddled up to the big gun) and "X for explosion which burst the great funnel by force." The Big Ship Great Eastern Alphabet (10.1.7) has "H for Hawse-holes, through which the chain-cables pass. Cousin Chatterbox's Railway Alphabet (7.1.5) takes pride in all the conveniences of this mode of travel. Alphabets give their creators scope to celebrate current technology.
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