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Aster Aardvark's Alphabet Adventures

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oooh, this is a GOOD one! A wonderful use of alliteration in presenting the alphabet. The pages are all mini-stories, each using one letter of the alphabet. (First page is all A words, second all B words....)

Okay, this book is a little bit exhausting to read. It's a series of alliterative vignettes, loosely connected by a skywriting aardvark. (Please, don't ask.) They're... long. Funny, hilarious, uproarious - but long.

As an example, let's take a look at X, which is pretty short because, y'know, X.

"Xerxes Ox excused Rex from the exercise exhibition by the six expert executives after he became exhausted from excessive exertion."

I know, you think 26 letters of that isn't too bad, right? P is twice as long, and M is longer still!

So this is clearly not the book to read right before bedtime, or when you have five minutes between now and recess. This is the one you pull out on the plane.

As long as we're clear on this, we're set. It's a bit wordy for smaller children (well, duh) and the vocabulary is definitely not suited for even erudite toddlers (now I'm doing it. Sorry.) Save it for the kids 4 or 5 and older.

Aster is having trouble with her alphabet so she goes on an adventure through the alphabet. Great book for your ABC Station with a theme on transportation.