Reviews for Quilt Alphabet

The average rating for Quilt Alphabet based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-03-21 00:00:00 Joslin Ferrara Text: 2 stars Illustrations: 3 stars I'm not sure that riddles written as poems are the best way to teach the alphabet. The word for each letter is not printed anywhere on the page, forcing children to guess what it is, based on the picture and poem. Some of them are not obvious, such as the spread for "Night," which shows a house, car, and trees. Fortunately, all the words are listed on the last page, because I could not guess X, Y, or Z on my own. Turns out X is X-stitch, which is supposed to mean cross-stitch; how many pre-schoolers know what that is? Also, the rhyme scheme is inconsistent. The illustrations vary widely in quality. The rooster looks downright odd and the kettle is too dark to make out, while the jack o'lanterns are superb and the basket of eggs is lovely. I'm not clear what the purpose of the quilted look of the letters is, other than an attempt to distinguish this book from many other cozy-type alphabet books for children. But most of the paintings don't look like quilt squares, so that motif is inconsistent.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-08-30 00:00:00 Mark Emory Nice poems and pictures.