The Z was Zapped.The Z Was Zapped. Chris Van Allsburg Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He won the Caldecott Medal for Jumanji (1982) and The Polar Express . Boston: Houghton Mifflin Houghton Mifflin Company is a leading educational publisher in the United States. The company's headquarters is located in Boston's Back Bay. It publishes textbooks, instructional technology materials, assessments, reference works, and fiction and non-fiction for both young readers Co., 1989. Illustrated, 56 pp., hardbound hard·bound adj. & n. Hardcover. Adj. 1. hardbound - having a hard back or cover; "hardback books" hardback, hardbacked, hardcover backed - having a back or backing, usually of a specified type , $15.95. Eating the Alphabet: Fruits and Vegetables from A to Z, features the collage and watercolor technique of author/illustrator Lois Ehlert Lois Ehlert is an author and illustrator of children's books, most having to do with nature. Ehlert won the Caldecott Honor for Color Zoo . She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. External links
Carefully rendered paintings of birds and animals are featured in Bert Kitchen's Animal Alphabet. Each page is an aesthetic treat, with Koala koala (kōä`lə), arboreal marsupial, or pouched mammal, Phascolarctos cinereus, native to Australia. Although it is sometimes called koala bear, or Australian bear, and is somewhat bearlike in appearance, it is not related to true Bears climbing up the letter K, and the tusk of a Rhinoceros rhinoceros, massive hoofed mammal of Africa, India, and SE Asia, characterized by a snout with one or two horns. The rhinoceros family, along with the horse and tapir families, forms the order of odd-toed hoofed mammals. impaling the R. The elegant Roman capitals in this visually rich picture-book will appeal to all ages. Chris Van Allsburg's The Z Was Zapped is a visual drama in twenty-six acts, starring each letter of the alphabet and featuring marvelous associations between words and letters. Van Allsburg, the recipient of several Caldecott awards, once again displays his mastery of drawing media. This is a picture book beyond the expectations of illustration. Suse MacDonald, another Caldecott award winner, views letter forms as opportunities for invention, extension and manipulation. Alphabetics features playful and creative adaptations of letters where an H evolves into a house and a K turns on its axis, adds a string and becomes airborne as a colorful kite. Recommended for children from pre-school through third grade--and adults of all ages! From Letter to Letter allows the illustrator/ author Terri Sloat to incorporate colorful images within letters in one type style, and invent stimulating environments to surround letters representing a second type style. Her bright and cheerful images relate content, design and letterforms into a series of interesting illustrations with appeal for grades one through four. |
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