Reviews for All Aboard!: A Traveling Alphabet

The average rating for All Aboard!: A Traveling Alphabet based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-07-08 00:00:00 Mike Xigarevidh My four-year-old son checked this book out from our local library -- twice. At the end of the second three-week check-out period, I knew that I had to find a copy of this book for his home library. So I did. The first time we "read" this book, I'm not sure that he fully understood the concept. He knew he was supposed to look for letters, but he expected them to look LIKE letters. The second time, about six months later, he was fine with letters not always looking exactly like letters -- his standard was looser and he found almost all of them by himself. The artwork in this book is based on 1920s travel posters. I absolutely love 1920s travel posters. In my younger years, I decorated my apartment with 1920s travel posters. So when my son wanted this book for his own library, I was not at all annoyed -- I was thrilled. And when he no longer wants this book for his own library, I will not be at all annoyed -- I will be thrilled, and I will add it to MY own library.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-05-23 00:00:00 Roy Tsukishima In the foreward Mayer makes it clear that this alphabet book was inspired by the travel posters of the 1920s. While this leads to a beautiful, stylized collection of illustrations, I'm not sure that kids are going to understand most of what's going on here. Preschoolers fascinated with things that go might enjoy the book, but the letters aren't always apparent enough for the same audience to identify; I couldn't identify one of them without the key and I have a few years on the preschool crowd. The inclusion of a key to where the letters in each picture are hidden in two places, on both the back jacket and a page in the back of the book, helps those who are unable to decipher the puzzles. The illustations would make a lovely set of alphabet posters for decorative purposes, but I'm not sure how well this works as an actual alphabet book.