The urban landscape will never look the same again. As Stephen T. Johnson demonstrates in a series of strikingly realistic pastels and watercolors, a simple sawhorse can contain the letter "A"--while lampposts alongside a highway can form a row of elegant, soaring Ys. A 1996 Caldecott Honor book, this sophisticated, wordless alphabet book is sure to appeal to young and old alike.
- Age Range: 3 - 7 years
- Lexile Measure: 1170 (What's this?)
- Paperback: 32 pages
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- How We Read It: Mom reading to kids.
- Age of Children at Time of First Reading: 7 & 5
How It Came Alive
Art
This is almost like a seek-and-find book. Some of the images leave interpretation to the reader's imagination. There was a lot of touching the pages of this book to trace the letters that they saw.
Out in the World
After reading this book, we spent the rest of the week spotting letters in man-made structures. Everywhere we walked or drove or rode our bikes, someone would shout out "I see the letter ___!"
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