The Wacky Wedding: A Book of Alphabet Antics [Hardcover]

Pamela Duncan Edwards (Author)

Book Description

Grade Level: P and up

An alphabetical ant wedding, attended by the other animals, is beset by various disasters.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

The wedding of the quite content queen ant and her faithful flying ant fellow is about to begin! Unfortunately, one disaster after another is in store for the passionate pair. First, a foolish fly lets some fruit fall on the groom's head. He insists the ceremony must not cease, so, spattered in purple, the nice nuptials continue. When oatmeal cookies and orangeade are offered to all, it seems as though the day will end perfectly... until the bride has a little mishap herself. "A terrible tragedy is taking place," cry the tearful treehoppers, trembling on a twig. Will the queen--and the day--be saved and the adoring ants allowed to live happily ever after? Pamela Duncan Edwards and illustrator Henry Cole (of Livingstone Mouse and Honk!) have created a hilarious alliterative alphabet book that goes well beyond the standard ABCs. Readers of all ages will be in stitches at the ants' antics. Younger picture-book aesthetes will love the challenge of finding the hidden letter and object on each page. Lush, larger-than-life illustrations of jungle-like grasses and leaves, and the giant yet subtle soda-pop can that provides orangeade drops, remind readers of the complex and complete world that usually goes unnoticed at their feet. (Ages 4 to 7) --Emilie Coulter

From Publishers Weekly

A queen ant and her winged groom head for the altar in this buggyAthough not particularly wackyAalphabet. The nuptials take place on the verdant and damp forest floor, the bride and groom thronged by a peaceable kingdom of butterflies, bees, birds and a mole. Alliterative sentences convey the plot; for the letter L, "a ladybug laughed. 'They've loved each other since they were larvae.' " The wedding is not without incident, for the bride falls into a puddle at the letter Q: " 'Quick!' squealed the quails. 'Quiet down! Quit quivering and quaking and help the Queen.' " Fortunately, the letter-V velvet ant effects a rescue, and at the end of the alphabet and the eventful day, "Zebra swallowtails on their zithers strummed a lazy tune... as drowsily the ants zigzagged home." The team behind Dinorella makes a lively game of the volume. Edwards shows how a key letter may appear at the start of or within a word; Cole hides the specified letter, and an object beginning with that letter, in each image. Unfortunately, there is no key to the visual puzzles, which sometimes prove obscure due to the complex details. Attendance at this event isn't mandatory, but a good time may be had. Ages 4-7. (June)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Hyperion; 1st edition (June 15, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786803088
• ISBN-13: 978-0786803088
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 9.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,400,369 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Pamela Duncan Edwards grew up in the Wirral, but has spent most of her adult life in the USA. She worked as a children's librarian before becoming a writer and is now the bestselling author of over 30 children's books.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Intruiging, November 26, 2000

By 

S. Cowan "Votivlelady" (Wichita, KS USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: The Wacky Wedding: A Book of Alphabet Antics (Hardcover)

My daughter and I read this book together and with each page you look for the letter that it talks about. I gotta tell you there were many pages in which we were stumped! It got so that we both lost the point of the story and just looked for the letter in the illustrations. My daughter liked this book but I personally have seen better alphabet books.