Comments on: Abecedaria (aka Alphabet Books)

By: Abecedarium | Wild Muse Notes

Abecedarium | Wild Muse Notes — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:55:55 +0000

[...] the Victorian period, used to teach the alphabet and moral principles simultaneously. The author Rebecca Reid notes that there may have been a biblical precedent. The 22 stanzas of Psalm 118 in the bible use [...]

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:46:14 +0000

Bookie Woogie,Thank you so much for these other books! I’m going to go see if my library has them too!

By: Bookie Woogie

Bookie Woogie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:51:06 +0000

Great list! Thanks for pulling it together — the pirate one looks great – never seen it, have to look for it… Here are some of our favorites:

“Bestiary” by Jonathan Hunt — fantastic illustrations and text about 26 mythical creatures…
“Alphabet Soup” by Scott Gustafson — one of my favorite illustrators.
“Achoo Bang Crash” by Ross MacDonald — retro images, and all the words were hand set in a wood-type-press.
“Miss Spider’s ABC” by David Kirk — the most vivid colors I’ve ever seen in a picturebook

By: Rebecca Reid

Rebecca Reid — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:52:10 +0000

Kim, What a fun babysitter you must have been, bringing books to read.

By: Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness)

Kim (Sophisticated Dorkiness) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:46:34 +0000

I loved Chicka Chicka Boom Boom when I was a kid. I must have read that book a hundred times. When I got older I brought it along when I would babysit to read to other kids. The Z Was Zapped looks great — I don’t think the “violence” would bother me unless it scared my kid.