Alphaboat
Michael Chesworth
Hardcover
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), Sept. 23, 2002)
An alphabet adventureOne day i chanced to stop for tand listen to sweet Mellow D,in her old H beside the sea,sing of her long-lost Mister E.She said he'd hid a treasure chestout on an I-land to the west.Just where it's buried she knew not.But X would surely mark the spot.Come join the letter men of the Alphaboat as they cross the high seas on a treasure-hunting trip! All twenty-six characters are here, from uppercase officers Captain C and Admiral T to lowercase crewmen silent e and sleepy z.Packed with visual and verbal puns, this jaunty picture book salutes nautical yarns of yore as it takes readers where no alphabet book has sailed before.A Junior Library Guild Selection
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