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1) Animal alphabet

Author

Davies, Gill

Publisher

Brimax

Pub. Date

1995

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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 31 cm.

Language

English

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Poems discussing animals from A to Z, beginning with the ant and concluding with the zebra.

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2) The alphabet thief

Author

Richardson, Bill

Publisher

Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press

Pub. Date

2017.

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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm

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English

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When night falls, a peculiar thief steals each letter of the alphabet, creating a topsy-turvy world as she goes.

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3) A helpful alphabet of friendly objects: poems

Author

Updike, John

Publisher

Distributed by Random House

Pub. Date

c1995

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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.

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English

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Poems and photographs present common objects for each letter of the alphabet.

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4) S is for Sea Glass: A Beach Alphabet

Author

Michelson, Richard

Publisher

Sleeping Bear Press

Pub. Date

2014.

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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.

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English

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"Following the alphabet and using a variety of poetry forms such as free verse, haiku, and ode, elements of the beach and seaside life are celebrated"--

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5) The disappearing alphabet

Author

Wilbur, Richard

Publisher

Harcourt Brace

Pub. Date

c1998

Edition

1st ed.

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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Language

English

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A collection of twenty-six short poems pondering what the world would be like if any letters of the alphabet should disappear.

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6) The Alphabet from Z to A: (with much confusion on the way)

Author

Viorst, Judith

Publisher

Atheneum

Pub. Date

1993

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Language

English

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Verses running backwards through the alphabet take note of some anomalies in English spelling and grammar.

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7) The sailors alphabet

Author

McCurdy, Michael

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Pub. Date

1998

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 x 28 cm.

Language

English

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One of many variations of a forecastle chantey created about 1837 by an unknown sailor and named after the bow section of the ship where sailors sometimes bunked or relaxed.

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8) Away with words!: wise & witty poems for language lovers

Author

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company, a division of Hachette Book Group, Inc

Pub. Date

2022.

Physical Desc

62 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Language

English

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A collection of poems celebrating the playfulness of the English language.

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9) Ashley Bryan's ABC of African-American poetry

Publisher

Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c1997

Edition

1st ed.

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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 32 cm.

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English

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Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a line from a poem by different African American poets, describing an aspect of the black experience.

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