Alphablock (An Abrams Block Book) (edição 2013)

This is a perfect alphabet book! It is very chunky book with thick pages cut into the shape of each alphabet letter. It's created as a peek-through guessing game, too. E.g., A is for ....then the picture of an object. Young kids interact with the pages; they familiarize themselves with the 26 letters and associated words and also with each letter's physicality--angles, holes, and curves, both front and back. Great for all kinds of learners - visual, auditory, and especially kinesthetic kids. ( )

Alphablock goes through the alphabet, first with the shape of each letter and pictures then with what the letter is for.

I loved the big, bold, letters and big, solid illustrations to accompany them. Great teaching tool!

A great introduction to the alphabet with wonderful words and pictures associated with each letter are well thought out. The letter "G" for garden is so cute! Along with a wheelbarrow and a shovel and dirt ready to plant a garden. The pictures describe the scene and the word chosen to represent the letter I highly recommend this book for kindergarten and first grade. ( )

[This review was previously published. It has been rewritten and edited]

This sounded cool and it is, but I'd never put it in the library. It's an alphabet book, each spread featuring a different letter. The comparisons are fairly normal, "A is for apple/E is for elephant" etc.

What's unusual is the design. It's only sort of a board book. The pages are thick but not quite board book thick. Each spread has clues on one side, the image of the item on the other, and in between a die cut letter that you turn and that's incorporated into the illustration. The art is cute, if not particularly memorable and has lots of clean lines and simple shapes.

If you count it up though, that's 26 spreads, way, way more than a normal board book. Also, when I looked at the copy I borrowed, even though it's a new title, some of the letters are already bent and there was wear on the spine (which is almost 3 inches thick) that makes me think it won't last long.

Verdict: Cool, but unless you plan to replace it frequently or don't care that it falls apart within a few months, I wouldn't purchase it for circulation in the library.

ISBN: 9781419709364; Published 2013 by Abrams; Borrowed from another library in my consortium