A Bald Chimpanzee, an Adventure in ABCs

The Alphabet won t ever be the same again! This fun and unforgettable journey through the alphabet will delight as it teaches. Letters are first introduced in a short and memorable sentence vividly depicted over a two page spread. A Bald Chimpanzee Devours Eighty Four Giant Hamburgers , This humorous phrase begins our book and more importantly introduces the letters A through H. Each letter in the series is then highlighted on its own, the letter P for example, shows us Prickly Porcupines Picking Perfectly Purple Plums. With 40 fully illustrated pages that combine bright and colorful pictures with challenging tongue twisters this book is sure to be a fun new learning tool. A Bald Chimpanzee is done in pen and Ink with bold, saturated watercolors. Framed with rich black boarders and white text the the end result is a visual delight. While each image and phrase is creative to say the least you will find all the animals to be quite real. This wholesome book introduces not only the alphabet but highlight animals children may or may not be familiar with. And while you may not find a Llama Lazily Licking Lemon-Lime Lollypops anytime soon you will find a Llama as well as all the other animals mentioned. Some are well known others quite uncommon but each one does in fact exist. This book is the second done by author illustrator Elizabeth Gauthier whose scratchboard work Out of the Nursery showed us that any story can be reinvented and gave new meaning to the phrase surprise ending. A Bald Chimpanzee is a inventive and welcome addition to the children s book world. And since it is both bound and printed in the USA it is a purchase that adults can feel good about.