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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2004
PreS-Gr 2 Children who are tired of staid concept books will welcome this one-it literally turns the alphabet on its ear. Each page contains a large block letter enclosed in a square that, when viewed from a different direction-left, right, or upside-down (hence the title)-transforms into an entirely different object. For example, when "J" is rotated clockwi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2004
Using bold graphics, Ernst fashions an alphabet that's an exercise in visual imagination rather than in phonics and initial letters. Each broad, sans-serif letter fills a square of a sophisticatedly dissonant hue, which in turn is broadly bordered in shiny black on the square page. A single sentenc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




