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8: An Animal Alphabet
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8: An Animal Alphabet
Author(s): Elisha Cooper
Review(s):
Praise for TRAIN* "A poetic, beautifully conceived book." --BOOKLIST, starred review* "The loose watercolor-and-pencil artwork hums with activity and energy." --KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred review* "Cooper's signature sun-bleached watercolors beautifully convey human achievements and nature's grandeur through both detail and a range of scale." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewPraise for FARM* "It's as thorough and pleasing an introduction to a farm as one could ask of a picture book." --THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE, starred review* "The graceful text and serenely stunning illustrations create a portrait both reverent and realistic." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewPraise for BEACHSociety of Illustrators Gold Medal (2006)"Cooper's portrayal of a day at the shore is generous with such minutiae; his fondness for his subject is evident and infectious." --SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
ISBN: 9780545470834
Author(s): Elisha Cooper
Explore the animal world, from aardvark to zebu!Discover hundreds of animals, great and small. Lion and lizard, whale and wombat. Learn one wild fact about each animal. (Did you know that gorillas yawn when they are nervous?) Look carefully, because for each letter of the alphabet, one animal is pictured eight times. Why 8? Come inside and find out.
Review(s):
Praise for TRAIN* "A poetic, beautifully conceived book." --BOOKLIST, starred review* "The loose watercolor-and-pencil artwork hums with activity and energy." --KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred review* "Cooper's signature sun-bleached watercolors beautifully convey human achievements and nature's grandeur through both detail and a range of scale." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewPraise for FARM* "It's as thorough and pleasing an introduction to a farm as one could ask of a picture book." --THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE, starred review* "The graceful text and serenely stunning illustrations create a portrait both reverent and realistic." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewPraise for BEACHSociety of Illustrators Gold Medal (2006)"Cooper's portrayal of a day at the shore is generous with such minutiae; his fondness for his subject is evident and infectious." --SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
Praise for TRAIN* "A poetic, beautifully conceived book." --BOOKLIST, starred review* "The loose watercolor-and-pencil artwork hums with activity and energy." --KIRKUS REVIEWS, starred review* "Cooper's signature sun-bleached watercolors beautifully convey human achievements and nature's grandeur through both detail and a range of scale." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewPraise for FARM* "It's as thorough and pleasing an introduction to a farm as one could ask of a picture book." --THE HORN BOOK MAGAZINE, starred review* "The graceful text and serenely stunning illustrations create a portrait both reverent and realistic." --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred reviewPraise for BEACHSociety of Illustrators Gold Medal (2006)"Cooper's portrayal of a day at the shore is generous with such minutiae; his fondness for his subject is evident and infectious." --SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL
ISBN: 9780545470834