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Alphamals: A-Z
A beautifully illustrated alphabet of the animal kingdom, brought to life with bold and stylish prints.
From aardvark to zebra, this abecedarian collection of animals blends printmaking and other art styles to create multilayered, textural pieces that can be pored over for hours. Each animal is also accompanied by a brief description of its features.
From aardvark to zebra, this abecedarian collection of animals blends printmaking and other art styles to create multilayered, textural pieces that can be pored over for hours. Each animal is also accompanied by a brief description of its features.
56 pages, Hardcover
Published October 3, 2017
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May 8, 2018
For your animal-loving kiddos, this one is great to read and learn/practice your ABC's at the same time. Plus, this book also gives a short description of the animal below the letter and picture. So fun1 The only reason that I didn't give it a 5 star review is because some of the animal names are difficult to pronounce and some of the illustrations are a little hard (for a child) to visualize the actual animal it is depicting.
March 10, 2019
I just can't get over how stunning and artistic the illustrations are. It deserves so much more recognition.
August 17, 2021
I love these illustrations. I would almost just buy a book to hang up some of the animals!
January 28, 2023
Summary: Alphamals: A-Z is such an adorable book that teaches that there is an animal for each letter in the alphabet! This book goes from A, for Armadillo, all the way to the end to Z, for Zebra. Through teaching the alphabet to readers, this book also gives facts about an animal for the children to learn about. This is a fun and creative way to teach everyone about all kinds of animals that are out there.
Thoughts: I really enjoyed reading this book! I even learned about new animals like the Quoll, Urial, and the X-ray Tetra. The illustration was creative and colorful but I wish they were a bit more clear/more understandable. What I mean by that is that for some of the animals, I couldn't really tell what they looked like. Other than that, I think this is such a great book that all children would love to read.
Classroom: This book would be great to help teach the children the alphabet in a fun way. They get to learn not just the alphabet but also what animal names start with that letter. A challenge that I could do is have them try and name other animal names that start with that certain letter. The illustrations are so creative that will grab the attention of the children.
Thoughts: I really enjoyed reading this book! I even learned about new animals like the Quoll, Urial, and the X-ray Tetra. The illustration was creative and colorful but I wish they were a bit more clear/more understandable. What I mean by that is that for some of the animals, I couldn't really tell what they looked like. Other than that, I think this is such a great book that all children would love to read.
Classroom: This book would be great to help teach the children the alphabet in a fun way. They get to learn not just the alphabet but also what animal names start with that letter. A challenge that I could do is have them try and name other animal names that start with that certain letter. The illustrations are so creative that will grab the attention of the children.
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November 21, 2017
A book that I first sighted on the hold shelf at my library. The gorgeous cover art caught my attention. It is a really beautiful book and gets high marks for that. The animals are rendered in this fascinatingly iconic/semi-abstract way; I think the drawings would actually work better as a series of art prints than as a children's book, especially since the stylistic animals sometimes veer so far from reality, it isn't necessarily a good introductory text for a child; for example, the bumblebee is depicted as a striped sphere, somewhat resembling Jupiter with little legs and eyes. There is also some oddity in behind the choice of animals. For example, A is for armadillo, which is described as rolling into a ball; but only 2 of a dozen plus species actually do so. W is for whale, of which there are two major divisions, toothed or baleen, and many species, but U is for urial, which is a specific subspecies of wild sheep. It has a kind of apples and oranges feel if you consider the text too closely.
November 19, 2017
Carter, Graham. Alphamals A-Z. PICTURE BOOK. Big Picture Press (Candlewick), 2017. $17.99.
This alphabet animal book includes a lyrical description of each animal, with the perfect amount of text and flow for beginning readers to find out a little bit more about the animal kingdom. Each page was a stunning piece of artwork on its own and complemented the dreaminess of the text.
PRE-K, EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE. Jessica
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2017...
This alphabet animal book includes a lyrical description of each animal, with the perfect amount of text and flow for beginning readers to find out a little bit more about the animal kingdom. Each page was a stunning piece of artwork on its own and complemented the dreaminess of the text.
PRE-K, EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE. Jessica
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2017...
August 27, 2018
A nicely illustrated tour of animals around the world. Gorgeous production values and colour palette, but how I wish this book had been printed on matte paper. Would have taken it up a level, for sure, in terms of how the illustrations present. The simple text works well, and thank goodness it isn't in rhyme. Some interesting animal facts, as an addendum, would have expanded this book into educational territory, rather than a bedtime read for early childhood.
May 29, 2023
This book has gorgeous artwork whose subtlety appeals to adults. Would it grab a reader ages 2-5? Pairing the alphabet (again, the book says it is aimed at ages 2-5) with such hard, elevated vocabulary seems like a mismatch. Plus, the same rhyming format is a bit of a bore after a couple letters. I fear children's eyes would glaze over.
August 22, 2017
Beautiful book bringing together Graham Carter's gorgeous A-Z artworks
October 27, 2017
The illustrations are amazing.
October 30, 2017
Beautiful book, and full of facts from every animal of the alphabet but....really belongs in non-fiction....
January 24, 2018
Beautiful and informational.
April 2, 2018
The art is definitely beautiful but I'm not sure it works as a children's picture book.
May 9, 2018
The images of the animals were a bit to abstract.
February 2, 2019
Beautiful book, would make a great gift!
August 5, 2019
An abecedarian collection of animals with appealing, stylish illustrations.
October 22, 2019
really beautiful illustrations
some unique animals are featured
some unique animals are featured
November 17, 2021
Gorgeous illustrations, but some were a bit too abstract for students to understand.
June 29, 2018
I loved Carter's style and the way he provides information about each animal, though at times his geometric, color-tone images were a bit challenging for my animal-loving preschooler to decipher.
October 3, 2017
Explore the animal kingdom in this gorgeously-illustrated alphabet book featuring full-page prints of each animal with a cunning little descriptive verse for each creature. You'll want to cut out and frame each page.
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December 4, 2017These illustrations are amazing. I want art prints of all of them.
March 24, 2018
Fun art and short, cute prose.
February 1, 2019
Beautiful book! Would be a great gift.
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