An Alphabet of Stories

by Oliver Jeffers

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Genres: Picture Books

56 pages, Paperback

Published May 15, 2018

About the author

Oliver Jeffers' work takes many forms. His distinctive paintings have been exhibited in galleries worldwide, and HarperCollins UK and Penguin USA publish his award-winning picture books, now translated into over 30 languages.

In 2007, Jeffers was the official illustrator for World Book Day, and in 2008 Lost and Found became Oliver's first book to made into animation by London-based Studio AKA.

Jeffers won a NY Emmy in 2010 for his collaborative work with the artist and director Mac Premo, and in 2013 Jeffers co-directed the video for U2's Ordinary Love with Premo. Originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, Jeffers now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews

[Veronika Pizano · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jeffers nesklamal. Sialene, kuriozne a zabavne basnicky na kazde pismeno. Aj s par prepojeniami navzajom. V ramci moznosti som to deckam poprekladala a pobavili sa aj ony. Ak to niekto bude prekladat do slovenciny, bude to vyzva.

[Paul Brookes · Rating 3 out of 5]

The quality of the stories is a bit inconsistent, but the best ones are very surreal and silly, with a bit of dark humour thrown in. I read this to my five-year-old son, for whom English is his second language. The story about the world's deepest hole had him in hysterics.

[Cristina · Rating 5 out of 5]

para adultos TOP TOP TOP

[Mark Friend · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a playful piece of work A lot of fun.
Whilst most of these alphabetic stories do stand-alone, they tie together with a little humour, silliness or the whimsical. A few of the stories do intersect, further pulling the collection together with unity of idea.

I’ve used this book as a fun way of introduce the teaching orientation complication and resolution, as our departure point playing with the stories, and is the stimulus for improvisation in the classroom.

[The Book Squirrel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has a very short (just a few lines) story for each letter of the alphabet. Many of them intertwine, such as the Cup, the Astronaut, and the Owl and the Octopus. All round, a fun book!
Published as Once Upon an Alphabet and in shortened form as An Alphabet of Stories.

[Kirsten Murphy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Although I enjoyed the premise of short stories to tell a story of each letter, and I love so much of Oliver Jeffers work!, this book just didn’t really work for me, so it’s not one I will spend time booktalking.

[Jenna Mills · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit too random for my liking

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. Simple stories that bring out a whole host of emotions. They lightly intertwine so it can be read all in one go or separately. Just another brilliant book by Jeffers.

[Literkatka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny!

[Anne Brady · Rating 1 out of 5]

my grandson is nine and loves reading. He was disturbed at all the dark colours and he said the stories were either scary or sad. Not one for him sorry but he hated it.

[Sally · Rating 3 out of 5]

An alphabet story book for the slightly older children.

[Liz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is perfectly dark, short and funny.

[Mikael · Rating 5 out of 5]

Skønt og skørt.

[Ezgi Tandoğan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cok yaratıcı, eğlenceli ve ilham alınası bir fikir.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quirky and surreal and very funny.

[E · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow, this s*** is dark. Oliver, you ... damn.. The H completely killed me. Pun intended. Go and read it, it’s amazing