Zebra-Striped Whale Alphabet Book

by Shari Faden Donahue, Thalamus (Illustrator)

Overview

Phonics-based and whimsically illustrated, this children’s alphabet book makes learning fun through the use of colorful, intriguing pictures that complement clever rhyming schemes. From apes to crabs and jellyfish to quails, the unique, detailed animal characters are engaging and captivating. Children will enjoy trying to find the hidden whale on each page as they learn their ABCs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780963428776
Publisher:	Arimax Inc Publishing
Publication date:	03/31/2012
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	10.70(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.10(d)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Shari Faden Donahue is the writer and illustrator of several children’s picture books, including Children’s Picture Books: Self-Publishing Your Way to Success, which won the Ben Franklin Award. She lives in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Thalamus is the collaborative artistic team of husband and wife Tom and Shari Faden Donahue.

Editorial Reviews

K-Gr 3—This sequel to The Zebra-Striped Whale with the Polka Dot Tail (Arimax, 2001) is as dismal as its predecessor. Most of the rhymes for each letter are innocuous, while some ("Q is for quail quilting in jail") are rather peculiar and others ("L is for llama lounging in a pajama") are ungrammatical. On the book jacket, Donahue asserts that the rhymes are phonics based, but some ("I is for iguana in Tijuana") are suspect in this regard. The digital illustrations by Thalamus (the name Donahue and her husband use when they collaborate) are busy in the extreme and garishly colored. Each page has a zebra-striped border that serves to distract from, not enhance, the presentation.—Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ

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