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Eating the alphabet [big book]  Cover Image Book Book

Eating the alphabet [big book] / by Lois Ehlert.

Ehlert, Lois (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 015201036X (bo.)
  • ISBN: 0152244360 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0152244352
  • Physical Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill.
  • Publisher: San Diego, CA : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1996, c1989.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Red Wagon Books."
Cover title.
Subject: Alphabet

  • Baker & Taylor
    A popular alphabet storybook is presented in a sturdy, easy-to-hold board-book edition for the youngest readers and highlights vivid collage illustrations of colorful apples, blueberries, carrots, yams, and zucchini.
  • Baker & Taylor
    An alphabetical tour of the world of fruits and vegetables, from apricot and artichoke to yam and zucchini
  • Baker & Taylor
    An alphabetical tour of the world of fruits and vegetables, from apricot and artichoke to yam and zucchini.
  • HARPERCOLL

    A vibrant and sturdy word book starring fruits and vegetables from around the world from Caldecott Honor–winning author-illustrator Lois Ehlert. Features upper- and lowercase letters for preschoolers just learning language.

    Each turn of the page reveals a mouth-watering arrangement of foods: Indian corn, jalapeno, jicama, kumquat, kiwifruit and kohlrabi. Lois Ehlert's lively watercolors paired with bold easy-to-read type make for a highly appealing and accessible book for parents and children to devour.

    At the end of the book, Ehlert provides a detailed glossary that includes pronunciation, botanical information, the origin and history of the particular plant and occasional mythological references, with a small watercolor picture to remind the reader of what the plant looks like.

    Apple to Zucchini,

    come take a look.

    Start eating your way

    through this alphabet book.

  • Houghton
    A vibrant and sturdy word book featuring fruits and vegetables from around the world from Caldecott Honor–winning author-illustrator Lois Ehlert featuring upper- and lowercase letters for preschoolers just learning language.

    Apple to Zucchini,
    come take a look.
    Start eating your way
    through this alphabet book.


    Each turn of the page reveals a mouth-watering arrangement of foods: Indian corn, jalapeno, jicama, kumquat, kiwifruit and kohlrabi. Lois Ehlert's lively watercolors paired with bold easy-to-read type make for a highly appealing and accessible book for parents and children to devour. At the end of the book, Ehlert provides a detailed glossary that includes pronunciation, botanical information, the origin and history of the particular plant and occasional mythological references, with a small watercolor picture to remind the reader of what the plant looks like.
  • Houghton
    A vibrant word book featuring fruits and vegetables from around the world featuring upper- and lowercase letters for preschoolers just learning language.

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