A Prairie Alphabet Book

Turns out there are prairies in canada, who knew? i got this book thinking it was about america (the u.s.a. version). the letter "a" corrected me of that thought. "We auction our Aberdeen Angus at Agribition."
Aberdeen is the planet Princess Leia was from that got destroyed in Star Wars, Angus is Jack in the Box's word for hamburger and not even spellcheck knows what an Agribition is. the illustration w/the phrase is of some cold people sitting the stands at an indoor volleyball court watching a curly haired white woman pulling a cow's ear. there is a woman behind the cow holding a long stick. the cow doesn't look happy.

looking at the front cover i saw a v.large sticker featuring a winged unicorn rearing up which reads "Mr. Christie's Book Award Best Canadian Children's Book" and the spine shows it is published by the wonderful Canadian kidlit publisher Tundra. those should have been clues letting me know i'd need the terrific glossary in the back. the letter phrases are quite clever, far above the usual a-b-c book level and there are notes in the back telling what other things w/the particular letter are in the matching illustration.

and now i know what sundogs are.