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Gr 3-5 A sophisticated, interactive alphabet tale in which even the letters break the expected pattern. Thirteen rhyming couplets spin the story of two siblings and their pet gazelle who sneak past their father, board a small boat, and follow a stream into a mysterious underworld to search for a treasure. Skillful narrative and visual storytelling combine to present a complex adventure that unravels through multilayered text and illustrations, challenging re...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Below the surface of the world, in the slimy tunnels of a sewer, creatures scuttle and slither, gizmos clank with menace, and...children practice their ABCs?!? This certainly isn't your mother's alphabet book, and it's far beyond any children still learning their letters, but Gaiman and Grimly's subversive fairy tale of an abecedarian is a wild ride nonetheless, aimed at older readers who can appreciate the phonetic wordplay ("L is, like 'eaven, their last destination"), metafictional winks (...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This subversive fairy tale of an abecedarian is aimed at older readers who can appreciate the phonetic wordplay and metafictional ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More