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A 1996 Caldecott Honor book<P>The urban landscape will never look the same again. As Stephen T. Johnson demonstrates in a series of strikingly realistic pastels and watercolors, a simple sawhorse can contain the letter "A"--while lampposts alongside a highway can form a row of elegant, soaring Ys. A 1996 Caldecott Honor book, this sophisticated, wordless alphabet book is sure to appeal to young and old alike. <P>"Imaginative, stimulating, and striking." --<i>The Horn Book</i><P>"Sure to intrigue." --<i>Booklist</i><P>* A Picture Puffin <br>* Full-color illustrations<br>* 32 pages<br>* All ages
This wordless ABC, a Caldecott Honor book illustrated with photo-realistic still lifes, "transcends the genre by demanding close inspection of not just letters, but the world," said PW in a starred review. All ages. (Nov.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
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Robert Huckleberry
reviewed Alphabet City on December 29, 2011
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This would be of especial interest to New Yorkers, as all the sites used as letters seem to be there, but it could also be used as the basis for fun-educational activities like making a similar project in your own area (i.e. finding the letters in your surroundings).
Johnson is a fine realist painter. So fine, in fact, that it quickly occurred to me that he could just as well have used photographs and saved himself a ton of work! Seems like the effect would have been pretty much the same. But here speaks a lazy person, and one who enjoys photography -- presumably the author wanted to paint. I'll definitely have a look for more of his work.
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