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''Everybody will be elated with this goofy new way of going from A to Z.'' -- Bulletin of the Center for Children''s Books (starred review) ''This zany alphabet book will make children smile.'' -- School Library Journal (starred review) ''This laugh-out-loud romp of an abecedary features an impatient moose who just can''t wait for his turn.'' -- Booklist (starred review) ''If you think you''ve seen every possible idea for an alphabet book played out, think again.'' -- Horn Book (starred review) ''Just label it F for funny.'' -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ''Readers accustomed to the usual list of letters will be giggling with suspense by the time ''L is for Lollipop'' rolls around.'' -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) ''Hilarious mayhem. . . . The familiar ABC has never been more fun.'' -- The Guardian
About the author
Kelly Bingham has been a storyboard artist, story supervisor, and director and is now a writer. Shark Girl, her first novel, was named a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association. Its sequel is Formerly Shark Girl. Kelly Bingham lives in Ellijay, Georgia.
Paul O. Zelinsky is the illustrator of many acclaimed books for children. He is the illustrator of Kelly Bingham’s Z Is for Moose and Circle, Square, Moose; Jack Prelutsky’s Awful Ogre’s Awful Day; Emily Jenkins’s Toys Go Out; Alex London’s Still Life; and Anne Isaac’s Dust Devil. He is also the creator of the now-classic interactive book The Wheels on the Bus. His retelling of Rapunzel was awarded the 1998 Caldecott Medal. Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, and Swamp Angel, with different authors, all garnered him a Caldecott Honor. Paul O. Zelinsky lives with his wife in Brooklyn, New York.
Summary
An unjacketed, lower-priced edition of the acclaimed picture book. Caldecott Medalist Paul O. Zelinsky illustrates an outrageously silly story about the joys (and challenges) of friendship. Zebra wants to put on a show as simple as A-B-C, but Zebra’s friend Moose has other (unexpected and hilarious) ideas!
“Everybody will be elated with this goofy new way of going from A to Z.” —The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
Zebra thinks the alphabet should be simple. A is for Apple. B is for Ball. Easy! But his friend Moose is too excited to wait his turn, and when M isn’t for Moose (Mouse gets the honor), the rest of the letters better run for cover. Exuberant and zany storytelling brings to life two friends and one laugh-out-loud comedy of errors that’s about friendship, sharing, and compromise.
The incomparable Paul O. Zelinsky’s artwork is bursting at the seams—literally—with preschool appeal. Breaking the borders of the page and creating the art both digitally and traditionally, Zelinsky turns convention on its head. The result is a picture book that is innovative, hilarious, and begging to be read over and over again.
