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Sunday, February 5, 2012

From Acorn to Zoo

Book Title: From Acorn to Zoo… and Everything in Between in Alphabetical Order


Author & Illustrator: Satoshi Kitamura


Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux


Copyright Date: 1992


Genre: Picturebook: Contemporary Realistic Fiction


Brief Annotation: An alphabet book that literally takes you from acorn to zoo and everything in between. Lots of colorful and silly illustrations make learning letters and words fun. Sometimes you have to look closely (don’t miss the tiny kitten under the table!), but there are nearly 400 words for you to explore.


Your Rating (1-5) and why: 4 – I really like the style of illustrations in this alphabet book. There is so much to look at on each page and the author includes more than your usual alphabet book words – with nearly 400 words included you have to go beyond apple, ball and zipper! This is an alphabet book that will be interesting to a range of ages.


Readers who will like this book: This book will be interesting to little ones (4-5) learning the alphabet, letters and naming things, to those slightly older (6-8) who are recognizing more words and attaching meaning to those words. There is so much to see that it’s one to return to many times to get all its benefits.


Question to ask about this book before a read aloud: Why do you think this book is called From Acorn to Zoo? What do you think that means? What’s all over the tiger? (on the cover of the book) – Does that give us a clue?


Interest Level (age): 4-8

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