What an absolutely imaginative story for kids! This book not only helps children learn letters, but it gives them a chance to use their imagination as they see letters in a different way! I loved this book!

The book starts in a classroom for letters. The teacher wants to let the letters know that even though they look different, they really are all connected. We go through the alphabet from A to Z, and the story shows us how an A is really an H that is slouching or an F is an E on a ski. Each letter’s link to another letter is extremely imaginative!

I really loved the illustrations in this book. They created the connection to the letters and helped my kids to see the connections. Each page was bright and colorful and filled with creative ways to show these letters!

Overall, I thought this was a wonderful children’s book. It’s fun, and it really provided a chance for us to stop and talk about each letter. With great illustrations to support the story, it’s a 5-star for me!

To Read or Not To Read:

I would recommend The Alphabet’s Alphabet for any child from preschool to early elementary!

Where to Find This Book:

The Alphabet’s Alphabet by Chris Harris is available at these sites!

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For fans of P is for Pterodactyl comes this groundbreaking spin on the ABC’s from an acclaimed, bestselling author and artist pairing!

Here’s a totally twisted take on the alphabet that invites readers to look at it in a whole new way: An A is an H that just won’t stand up right, a B is a D with its belt on too tight, and a Z is an L in a tug-of-war fight! Twenty-six letters, unique from each other — and yet, every letter looks just like one another! Kind of like…one big family.

From two bestselling masters of wordplay and visual high jinks comes a mind-bending riddle of delightful doppelgängers and surprising disguises that reveal we’re more alike than we may think. You’ll never look at the alphabet the same way again!

Just the Facts:

The Alphabet’s Alphabet by Chris Harris
Genre: Children’s
Page Count: 48 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub Date: September 29, 2020

Chris Harris is the New York Times bestselling author of I’m Just No Good at Rhyming: And Other Nonsense for Mischievous Kids and Immature Grown-Ups, illustrated by Lane Smith. He has been an executive producer for comedies including How I Met Your Mother, and a writer for The Late Show with David Letterman. His pieces have appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and on NPR. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Dan Santat is the Caldecott Medal-winning and New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, Are We There Yet?, After the Fall, and Drawn Together, as well as the illustrator of many other picture books, including Crankenstein by Samantha Berger. Dan lives in Southern California with his wife, two kids, and various pets.

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I was provided an advanced reader’s copy of this book for free. I am leaving my honest review voluntarily.

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