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Alligator Alphabet
Can you think of an animal for every letter of the alphabet? In this delightful ABC book, young children will learn the upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet as they meet a parade of exotic and familiar creatures from alligators to zebras, and impalas to quails.
48 pages, Hardcover
First published August 5, 2005
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Stella Blackstone
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Tessa Strickland is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of independent children’s publisher Barefoot Books. As Stella Blackstone, she has written many bestselling picture books for children. As an editor, she has worked with authors and illustrators all over the world.
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Tessa Strickland is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of independent children’s publisher Barefoot Books. As Stella Blackstone, she has written many bestselling picture books for children. As an editor, she has worked with authors and illustrators all over the world.
—from http://www.arvon.org/tutors/tessa-str...
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September 13, 2017
This is a little more of an advanced alphabet book where there are tough words for kids to sound out in a rhyming style. The pictures are drawn with what looks like water colors and could be pictures that a child drew or could draw. Colors that are used are bright and fun to keep a child interested in what the names of the animals are. It would be a good book for second graders to use to practice their alphabet and learn a few new animal names. At first it seemed like the run of the mill type of animal alphabet book, but it is a good one for advanced children.
May 14, 2019
This book does not have any awards. The appropriate grade level is Pre-K. This book is all about letters A-Z. Each page has a letter from the alphabet and something that starts with that specific letter. I liked this book because it was really cute. I liked that it rhymed from page to page. Although there were some things in the book that I never heard of. A possible use for this book is when you are teaching about the alphabet.
September 22, 2017
Really bright and engaging Alphabet review book. Loved the pages at the beginning and end that have all the letters visible. Fun for letter hunts.
July 5, 2018
kids thought this was fun
April 12, 2025
I liked the "have it both ways" choice to do multiple animals for some letters. Although I'm not sure it all scanned, the art was lovely.
April 6, 2014
This nonfiction book has 26 pages for each letter of the alphabet. It goes through the alphabet naming animals that begin with each letter. I especially like how the author uses names of animals that start with U and X. Most books won't show animals that start with these letters because they can't think of any. Instead, most books will use take the letter U and use the word ugly and then show something like a warthog or toadfish. Or for the letter X, they will use the words extra big to describe a huge animal.
Uu is for umbrella bird.
Xx is for xoona moth.
Plus I like how the author ignores a lot of the "popular" animals and uses animals that most people don't think about. For example: For the letter E, the book shows a picture of an emu even though most books would show an elephant. I is for iguana and impala--an impala is an antelope that lives in Africa. In this way, the author helps build a child's vocabulary by using lesser-known animals.
Ss is for SLOTH. Again, this is another example of how the author uses a unique animal. (Most books would have simply used snake for the letter "s".)
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I would use this book to help build my children's vocabulary skills when learning about animals. We could use a dictionary or an encyclopedia to discover animals that haven't learned about.
Uu is for umbrella bird.
Xx is for xoona moth.
Plus I like how the author ignores a lot of the "popular" animals and uses animals that most people don't think about. For example: For the letter E, the book shows a picture of an emu even though most books would show an elephant. I is for iguana and impala--an impala is an antelope that lives in Africa. In this way, the author helps build a child's vocabulary by using lesser-known animals.
Ss is for SLOTH. Again, this is another example of how the author uses a unique animal. (Most books would have simply used snake for the letter "s".)
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I would use this book to help build my children's vocabulary skills when learning about animals. We could use a dictionary or an encyclopedia to discover animals that haven't learned about.
April 7, 2016
1) No awards received.
2) Pre-K till 1st grade.
3) The authors went the traditional way of writing an alphabet book using animals for each letter. The vocabulary is simple for younger children and sentences were simple as well. Illustrations are great, looks as if children made the pictures for the story.
4) The illustrations are bright and bold! Children will most definitely enjoy looking at all the beautiful animals, perhaps learn new animals as well. The book is also a rhyming story so children will pick up on that.
5)
- Read Aloud
- We will be able to learn about different animals
- Able to point out the differences and similarities between each animal.
-Create an animal that starts with the same initial as their first name.
2) Pre-K till 1st grade.
3) The authors went the traditional way of writing an alphabet book using animals for each letter. The vocabulary is simple for younger children and sentences were simple as well. Illustrations are great, looks as if children made the pictures for the story.
4) The illustrations are bright and bold! Children will most definitely enjoy looking at all the beautiful animals, perhaps learn new animals as well. The book is also a rhyming story so children will pick up on that.
5)
- Read Aloud
- We will be able to learn about different animals
- Able to point out the differences and similarities between each animal.
-Create an animal that starts with the same initial as their first name.
February 9, 2017
This is a pretty standard ABC book with nice illustrations.
February 19, 2010
Some of the most wonderful bright animal pictures ever in this alphabet book. A is for alligator. "F is for fox and for fish and ferret too." "U is for umbrella bird" has a bird carrying an umbrella! just to be different. An animal quiz at the back of the book where there are pictures of animals and their beginning letter.
December 31, 2010
I love the bold colors and strokes in this book! My 18-month-old, who is a bit of a skeptic about new books, was even taken in. The rhythmic verse of the book helped too. It's a bit inconsistent in meter, but it works all right, especially since the main focus is in the pictures.
October 10, 2011
This was a very simple ABC book that uses animals... Alligator to Zebra. The illustrations are what stood out most for me because they were very bold an bright. I also liked the fact that it showed both uppercase and lowercase letters.
September 28, 2012
This book was very exciting to read. I liked how the author included all sorts of animals, reptiles, birds, and fish, some of which were not very common. All of the pictures were bright and colorful which would make the book very appealing to a classroom with young readers.
April 30, 2013
This book is a fantastic choice for children who need to learn the alphabet. In it, children are shown many different exotic wild animals, from zebras to monkeys and even quails. It is a great, easy book with playful illustrations.
November 18, 2022
Common (and some uncommon) animals for each letter of the alphabet.
August 17, 2011
Very simple alphabet book with gorgeous bright illustrations.
Animals represent each letter of the alphabet, from alligators to zebras.
Animals represent each letter of the alphabet, from alligators to zebras.
September 10, 2012
Illustrated by Stephanie Bauer
Blackstone's alphabet picture book is in rhyme and uses animals for every letter.
Blackstone's alphabet picture book is in rhyme and uses animals for every letter.
September 27, 2012
My favorite of all of the animal alphabet books I have read. Fun, happy and colorful illustrations and it spells out what it is trying to say (that makes no sense but I know what I mean.)
January 17, 2015
My 19 month old enjoyed this book and enjoy the different animals presented in the story. I made up a tune to sing the book to and it made the book even more fun!
December 8, 2016
This is more of a picture book than a storybook. Illustrations are that of finger paint-water colors. Each page is a letter of the alphabet to correspond with an animal of that same letter.
January 3, 2012
Letter A storytime
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