Abcdrive!: A Car Trip Alphabet

From School Library JournalPreSchool-K-A serviceable alphabet book with pleasing illustrations and an ever-popular theme that seems to mesmerize young children. From A to Z, there are 11 types of vehicles identified, 5 traffic signs featured, and 10 related items named to suit the remaining letters. The full-color illustrations show the ethnic diversity of the San Francisco setting and a rich array of locales as a little boy and his mother drive from the center of the city to their home in the woods. A handy addition.Jody McCoy, Casady School, Oklahoma CityCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.Product DescriptionWith his mother at the wheel and his dog and a cheerful yellow balloon for company, a boy leaves the busy city for an alphabet ride in the country and sees all kinds of vehicles, pedestrians, and signs.From BooklistAges 3-6. Wheels are the exciting action in this alphabet book. A boy on a car trip with his mother and his dog discovers a whole world of vehicles and driving, from Ambulance and Bus to Headlights and Keys, until they reach the Yield sign and Zoom home. For each letter, one clear image is the focus on each page, and the word is spelled out, but the more you look, the more you see in the busy streets. The detailed, lively scenes in acrylics and colored pencil are set in the San Francisco area and show a rich diversity of people, objects, vehicles, and actions that kids can identify. For example, the illustration for Bus includes buildings, a ballet poster, a baby, a bearded man, a boy reading a book, a girl with a teddy bear, etc. Then there are the less concrete words like both (for twins) and boarding (the bus). The busy streets are full of stories. Hazel RochmanReview"From A to Z, there are 11 types of vehicles identified, 5 traffic signs featured, and 10 related items named to suit the remaining letters. The full-color illustrations show the ethnic diversity of the San Francisco setting and a rich array of locales as a little boy and his mother drive from the center of the city to their home in the woods. A handy addition." -- Review"Softly rumpled colored-pencil and acrylic pictures cruise through the alphabet from ambulance to zoom as a young mother, child, and dog take a leisurely recreational drive through San Francisco and the Bay area." -- Bulletin of the Center for ChildrenAbout the AuthorNaomi Howland is the author and illustrator of several books for children, including The Matzah Man: A Passover Story and Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat: A Chanukah Story. She lives in Claremont, California.
Author: Howland, Naomi

Publisher: Clarion Books

Binding: Hardcover

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0395664144

ISBN-13: 9780395664148