Our Alphabet Book

The ABCs have never had it so good-- created by two of today's wittiest, most imaginative minds, OUR ALPHABET BOOK is a sheer delight from A to Z. In twenty-six alliterative couplets, Steve Martin conjures up much more than mere apples and zebras; instead we meet Horace the Hare, whose hairdo hides hunchbacks, and Ollie the Owl, who owed Owen an oboe. Roz Chast contributes the perfect visual settings for Martin's zany two-liners. Her instantly recognizable drawings are packed with humorous touches both broad and subtle. Each re-reading-- and there will be many-- delivers new delights and discoveries. There, hidden behind Bad Baby Bubbleducks who battered his bed with broken bananas and old moldy bread, is a framed picture of a beatnik holding balloons; and the letter C finds clunky Clarissa all clingy and clueless adrift in a landscape cluttered with images ranging from a curiously comfortable clown to Chuck's Chili stand, which purveys such dishes as chocolate chili, coconut chili, and cherry chip chili. A smart, laugh-inducing introduction to the alphabet for young children, OUR ALPHABET BOOK will also enchant adults with its matchless mix of the sophisticated and the silly.Martin, Steve is the author of 'Our Alphabet Book ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780385523776 and ISBN 0385523777.