ABC and You and Me
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- $10.99
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
Award-winning artist Corinna Luyken inspires kids to move their bodies as they learn the alphabet with this playful approach to a fundamental concept.
Can you wiggle your wrists? Can you twist from your hips? Can you lean without bending your knees? Well then, follow me!
In this original ABC book that encourages readers to sit up and move, kids and grownups use their bodies to make the shapes of each letter (and observant readers will notice details on each page that represent those letters). Gloriously illustrated by the acclaimed creator of The Book of Mistakes and My Heart, this is a terrific new way to learn the alphabet.
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"Can you wiggle your wrists?// Can you twist from your hips?/ Can you lean without bending your knees?" In a pictorial abecedarian whose visuals utilize the human form, Luyken draws white-clad figures with various abilities, body types, and skin tones contorting themselves into letters of the Latin alphabet. On each page, an adult forms an uppercase letter and a child forms its lowercase counterpart, accompanied by representative objects. Representing A and a, two pale-skinned people with long hair and green stockings each balance an apple. For L and l, a bearded adult portrayed with brown skin kneels alongside a lamp, while a white-presenting blond child who uses forearm crutches wears a lily behind their ear. Occasional interstitials portray figures in dancelike motion around pastel-hued pages' borders, highlighting specific body parts outlined by descriptive text: "From the smallest of hairs/ on the back of your neck// to the arches/ of your feet..." While not every letter's silhouette proves crystal clear, this illustrative work may well inspire similar movements. Ages 2–5.
