Picture A Letter

by Brad Sneed

Anything goes in this wordless alphabet book illustrated with creative and zany pictures. Each page features a letter and a tableau of things that begin with that letter. Full-color illustrations.

Genres: Picture Books, Art, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published June 10, 2002

Reviews

[Marsha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This alphabet book is clever, inventive, crammed with luscious detail and many of the best illustrations I’ve ever seen in a children’s book. The creator manages to bend people, animals and objects into the most improbable shapes to create each letter.

The fun starts on the cover as the initial P and L of the title are formed of the illustrations we’ll encounter later in the book. This is a picture book made to entertain and challenge children, featuring a veritable cornucopia of images in a gleeful game of I Spy.

Also, running under the page and made part of the action, are two small mice pulling a wagon filled with the English alphabet. As the pages are turned, the cart is gradually emptied as the letters are added to the running line under the frames. The mice are also thrust into the action as one climbs into the pictures (try to find it!).

This is a great book and so brilliant in its illustrations that I just had to have it. Adults with or without children may very well find this as enchanting as I did.

[The Brothers · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this was a very creative way to present the letters, Jasper (3yo) was not quite ready for it. Since he doesn't know all the letters and their shapes yet, he didn't quite get that the colored part of the picture were the letters of the alphabet.

Well done illustrations.

[Abril · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this book! The whole book is between color and black and white. If the reader and viewers look closely, the whole background a picture is black and white except the letter of the alphabet in the book, that is in color.

AR: unknown
Lexile: unknown
Traits: visual

[Patricia Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book shows that different objects can make letters, however some of the objects make it hard for us to see the letters. This book is a great way to introduce letters.

[Lisa]

This alphabet book is a wordless picture book. The alphabet builds on the bottom (page 1 only has A, but page 2 has AB). The illustrations depict scenes full of objects that start with the specific letter (Page C has a Caterpillar, cattails, Carosel, Castle, Cab, Camel, Cheese, Cows, Camera, Cap, Centitpede, Corn) but it is not overwhelming at all. Each page has one item that is colored while the rest is black and white (On C page the caterpillar is in color). My eyes were drawn to the colored part of the picture- it took a second look to discover all the other C objects in the picture! This book is like an I spy book for kids.

[Brittany · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a really cool ABC book.

[Rachel Feather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Letter formation

[Tatiana · Rating 5 out of 5]

love this one for kids! clever and very imaginative!