An Annoying ABC (2011)

Book Info

Author

Barbara Bottner

Genre

Humor

Rating

3.69 of 5 Votes: 2

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ISBN

0375867082 (ISBN13: 9780375867088)

Language

English

Publisher

Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble

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About book An Annoying ABC (2011)

I looooved "Miss Brooks Loves Books... and I Don't" by this super-cool duo, and I really liked this alphabet book. The kids aren't really annoying - they're pretty typical preschooler/kindergartners having one of those days. Adelaide annoys Bailey. Bailey blames Clyde. Clyde cries. And on it goes, like dominoes, until (after Zelda zaps her with the water spray) Adelaide apologizes (with help from Miss Mabel). Everyone apologizes, and the crew settles in for a story. Each member of the preschool class pesters the next. "My my my," mutters Miss Mabel. In the end, Adelaide (who started it all by annoying Bailey) apologizes, creating a new chain reaction that leads to a quiet afternoon - mostly. Lots of good verb vocabulary here: Flora fumed; Vera vocalized!; Ursula is upended... I wish the pictures (maybe the book itself) were a trifle larger, but it's a good size for kids' hands, and they will love the expressive, cartoonish pics of kids poking and pestering each other within the familiar details of a preschool environment.