A Is for Annabelle [Hardcover]

Tasha Tudor (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Learn the alphabet from A to Z with the help of Annabelle the doll. Each gorgeously illustrated spread features one of her favorite things. With antique boxes, parasols, and yarn for knitting, children can learn the alphabet in grand style.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Young children will welcome the return of a classic from the mother of children's illustrators, Tasha Tudor. A Is for Annabelle is a quaint, old-fashioned alphabet book graced with Tudor's intricately detailed, highly appealing illustrations. Annabelle is a china doll that belonged to Grandmother. Two little girls play their way through the alphabet, dressing up this lovely doll ("H is her Hat with an elegant feather") all the way through X ("the letter for which I've no rhyme"), Y ("the Yarn her stockings to mend"), and Z ("her Zither and this is the end"). Alternating black-and-white illustrations with full-color spreads, Tudor surrounds each page with a graceful floral border and includes such charming details as a sewing basket with a pincushion, a cricket peering at a pink patchwork quilt, and the tiny boxes containing Annabelle's hats, slippers, and earrings. Little girls will find Annabelle and her alphabetical wardrobe irresistible.

Tasha Tudor is the Caldecott Honor artist of 1 Is One and more than 90 other well-loved picture books. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter

From Publishers Weekly

Doll lovers of all ages will welcome the alphabet book homage A Is for Annabelle by Tasha Tudor, starring an exquisitely appointed doll and her accoutrements. Originally published in 1954, the volume alternates full-color spreads with b&w drawings, all steeped in Tudor's customary charm.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers (July 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689828454
• ISBN-13: 978-0689828454
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 9.4 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,273 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Treasure, November 20, 2004

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Virginia Allain "retired librarian" (Poinciana, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Is for Annabelle (Hardcover)

Who can resist Tasha Tudor's lovely illustrations? This ABC book starts with Annabelle, the antique doll, and goes on to show her bonnet, cape, and wonderful clothes and accessories.
I loved this book when I was little. The idea of a doll having her own trunk really intrigued me in the late 1950s. Everyone was getting those ballerina dolls, but I wanted an old-fashioned doll like Annabelle. My mother must have liked it too, as she sewed up a wardrobe from scraps to transform my doll into one like Annabelle.
Treat your little one to this book and start them on the path to enjoying and treasuring things from the past.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best picture book, bar none., November 12, 1999

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Susan M. Leieritz ([e-mail]) (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A IS FOR ANNABELLE (Paperback)

My great-grandmother gave me this book as a child and I have loved it ever since. Much to my dismay, the pages of my copy were destroyed in a sprinkler accident many years ago and I am desperate to find another. The illustrations in "A is for Annabelle" bring to life a dreamlike era of Western history. Though some of the items listed are so bygone that we may not recognize them now, their ethereal quality somehow evokes a nostalgic sigh. Now that I have a daughter of my own, I want nothing more than to share this childhood favorite with her and let her know that there is beauty outside of Teletubbies.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Generation to Generation, July 17, 2001

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DS Acton (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Is for Annabelle (Hardcover)

This is a book I remimber from my childhood. It was the first friend I found at the library. Learning to read was very hard for me but I wanted to be able to read this book so much I keep trying. My daughter also loved this book. She is already planing to share it with her daughter and granddaughter some distant day. This book has also inspired a doll colection of hers. Tasha Tudor's soft rich illistrations inspire lingering over. This book is for the 4-6 set what "The Secret Garden" and "Anne of Green Gables" are for older girls pure girlhood, classic lititure. Don't miss putting this one on the shelf of your little one.