The Jungle ABC

by Michael Roberts

Book Overview

Collage illustrations present words related to Africa, from antelope and ibex to orchid and yams.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786803983
• ISBN13: 9780786803989
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.4" x 13.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Fascinating

Size, color and subject matter are not your run-of -the-mill alphabet book. My two children were fascinated with it for over a year between the ages of 20 mos. to 38 mos. It's great to have something we don't already have in our cultural repertoire. It was a gift, and I was pleasantly surprised by the attraction my children had for it. I think it is a great young children's gift.

This is art.

If tigresses, elephants, zebras, xylophones, antelopes, and chameleons don't all hail from exactly the same part of the world, that's okay with me. This big, bold, beautiful book is a masterpiece...and a powerful tribute to the spirit of Africa.

A whimsical and joyous art book.

"The Jungle ABC" should not be tucked away in the nursery, but rather on the coffee table next to a copy of "The New Yorker." The author will be best known to readers of that magazine for the sophisticated front covers that appear regularly on the magazine, all done in collage. The book is a marvel of color and imagination, with all letters illustrated in what is said to be "cutouts made from colored paper," a bit like saying Michelangelo used rock to make statues. While the book is truly of abecedarian nature, it's not likely to be used for teaching purposes. "K," for example, stands for "kraal." And you have to consult the key in the back to see what some of the illustrations mean. But all that is unimportant. The alphabet is merely an excuse for 26 vibrant and fanciful designs. (An extra half dozen or so are thrown in for good measure.) This is an art book of whimsy and ingenuity. Its energy and joy belongs on every coffee table.