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Alphabears: An ABC Book

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Alphabears is a delightful introduction to the ABCs. Each letter is introduced as the name of a teddy bear with a distinct personality tied into the same letter. Each letter has two rhyming lines. The illustrations are outstanding. They are gentle and harken back to an earlier time. It is incredible that this book was written and illustrated in the 80's. It is a very old-fashioned ABC book and will delight old and young alike!

This is a charmingly illustrated book with a story on every page. My son at 3 used to stop me and ask about the scenes - why is this? who is that? where are they going? Great for imaginative reading and story telling.

I love the illustrations in this book - they are so sweet. I had bought this book for my own daughter when she was a baby and now I just bought it for my twin grandsons.

This was my favorite children's book when I was young. I would have my mother read it to me over and over again and still to this day I can remember almost all of the letters! As friends of mine have children, this is the book I always get for them! And before I wrap it up, I always read through it again and remember how much I loved it. Absolutely my favorite children's book even now!

I can remember when I was young, I made my father read this book to me over and over and over again until he had it memorized! This book, is by far the best book ever! My personal favorite. The pictures are georgous and the rymes are great. If you love Teddy Bears, you'll love this book! All children should own this!

Alphabears is a wonderful find in any format which you can purchase. I have the board book version which I believe is unabridged. The book is filled with beautiful illustrations by Michael Hague and the fanciful poetry of Kathleen Hague. The book is copyrighted in 1984 but one could never tell by Hague's illustrations which harken back to a gentler time. The format of the book is rhyming. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a name of a bear with a given characteristic which begins with the same letter of the alphabet. Each bear has a distinct personality, not too easy to accomplish when it is told in two lines, and the accompanying illustration delightfully depicts the rhyme. The descriptions are at times funny or at the very least amusing. Truly a wonderful buy in any format that it is available.

There are a lot of bad children's books and this is one of them. I have the board book version. The pictures are dark and gloomy. Maybe it is for atmosphere, which is probably a taste issue. There are 3 major problems I have with this book. Each letter introduces a bear whose name begins with the letter and doing something that most of the time also begins with that letter. I don't like Ursula being a useless bear. Imagine a poor girl with that name out there reading this book. Could someone please check the spelling, I believe William is wearing a CAPE not CAP, according to the drawing? Lastly, Xavier is not unheard of, is it?