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Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z Lap-Sized Board Book (Board book) (Hardcover)
by Lois Ehlert
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Children's book, Age 0-3, Learning, Alphabet |
| Market price: ¥ 129.00
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¥ 118.00
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| MSL Pointer Review:
An alphabetical tour of the world of fruits and vegetables, from apricot and artichoke to yam and zucchini. |
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Author: Lois Ehlert
Publisher: Red Wagon Books
Pub. in: August, 2006
ISBN: 0152056882
Pages: 28
Measurements: 10.2 x 9.2 x 0.8 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00432
Other information: Brdbk edition
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Lois Ehlert's Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z contains illustrations of 74 fruits and vegetables, from the everyday apple to the exotic jicama. Each letter of the alphabet is represented in large serif font in uppercase and lowercase and is represented by illustrations of one to eight fruits and vegetables. The illustrations are captioned with spellings of each fruit and vegetable, once in all uppercase and once in all lowercase. The illustrations depict the fruits and vegetables as they appear at the supermarket, even including the wide rubber bands often found on asparagus and broccoli and the cardboard tubs that hold strawberries and blueberries. The bright illustrations are in sharp contrast with the flat, white background. The overall effect of the illustrations and type styling is crisp, clean, and colorful. The book also includes a glossary of fruits and vegetables, with a small picture, pronunciation, designation as fruit and/or vegetable, and a brief description. This glossary is particularly useful for items such as xigua (she-gwah), the Chinese name for watermelon. Children will enjoy learning the more exotic fruits and vegetables. This book will aid children in recognizing letters and the multiple words for each letter allow children to recognize the pattern of sounds associated with each letter.
Target readers:
Kids aged 1-3.
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LOIS EHLERT has created many picture books, including Leaf Man, Pie in the Sky, In My World, Growing Vegetable Soup, Planting a Rainbow, and the bestselling Waiting for Wings. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Lois Ehlert's classic nature book teaches upper- and lowercase letters to preschoolers while introducing them to fruits and vegetables from around the world. A glossary at the end of this simple and vibrant edition provides interesting facts about each food.
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A. Guyton (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-27 00:00>
My little guy really loves this book- he can name all the fruits and vegetables, and pretends to eat them off the page! However, it does not translate into him eating the real thing. We also LOVE the lap size! So many board books are really too little for him to look while mom and dad are reading. These lap-sized editions are wonderful for solving that problem!
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Diane (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-27 00:00>
We found this book at the library and I'm buying my own copy. It is colorful, has the alphabet in capital and lower case letters, AND they managed to find a fruit or veggie to go with every letter! There is also a section on the pronunciation and a little history of each fruit/vegetable in the back of the book (library edition).
My boys are 3 yrs old and have been coming to the grocery store with me since birth. However, they are also starting to become picky eaters. I plan to take this book to the grocery store and we can learn alphabet letters and find the produce items to match. Maybe I can even expand their taste preferences as we try a new "letter" each visit. Now if they just had a little cookbook to go with this book.....
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Joshua Koppel (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-27 00:00>
This vocabulary book goes through the alphabet and gives examples of fruits and vegetables that begin with said letter. No candy, sweets, meats, or any animal products in this one (guess they did not want to offend any dietary restrictions).
Each letter of the alphabet has at least one healthy example of food. Each food has a colorful illustration but readers may need help attaching each word to the appropriate picture. Some of the illustrations are a little questionable (I never saw a cauliflower like the one pictured).
Both of my kids enjoy this book and have had me read it a number of times on just the first day. I haven't noticed them wanting to eat any more vegetables than before but their vocabulary is better.
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A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-27 00:00>
Excellent! All three of my children adored the board book version of Eating the Alphabet. It provides a nice way to expose toddlers to a variety of interesting fruits and vegetables - they get a kick out of repeating words like "jicama" and "jalapeno". Highly recommended. |
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