A Pioneer Alphabet

by Mary Alice Downie

Book Overview

A is for Abigail and Anna, Zebediah's two sisters. He is making them an alphabet book. From B, which stands for bandalore, a forerunner of the yoyo, H for the hornbook that taught children to spell,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887769616
• ISBN13: 9780887769610
• Release Date: October 2009
• Publisher: Tundra Books (NY)
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.7" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Unique, imaginative, and a brilliant approach to children learning their alphabet

Mary Jane Gerber's museum quality artwork perfectly showcases Mary Alice Downie's alphabet book, A Pioneer ABC. This unique introduction to pioneer history in the form of an ABC book (B is for Bandalore (a forerunner of the yoyo), H is for the Hornbook (the textbook that most children learned to spell with), X is for the eXhaustion of hardworking homesteading families). Each painting is framed by a border in which are placed numerous thematically appropriate items for that particular letter within an historical pioneering context. Detailed background notes on how each item figured in the life of pioneers are provided along with a list of them for young readers to find. Unique, imaginative, and a brilliant approach to children learning their alphabet, A Pioneer ABC is an ideal addition to any preschool, kindergarten, family or community library collection.