Reviews for Marie Angel's exotic alphabet

The average rating for Marie Angel's exotic alphabet based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-04-30 00:00:00 Steven Pawluczyk Frankly for me, it is the glorious illustrations that make Joseph Bruchac's Many Nations (they are expressively detailed, realistically descriptive and also feature a wonderful and intense sense of colour). The text itself is indeed adequate enough, but I truly and with a sense of a bit of disappointment think much more could have been made of it (perhaps a bit of a rhyme, and definitely more detail, more presented information). And I guess I was also expecting a bit more narrative wise from Joseph Bruchac (but I do realise that Many Nations seems to be one of his earlier picture books, so perhaps I am indeed being a bit overly demanding here). However I cannot deny that while enjoyable and informative, Many Nations really does leave me asking for more and almost desperately wanting more (and will probably also leave children asking for more, especially older children with an interest in Native America and Native American culture). And last, but definitely not least, I also truly wish that Bruchc had included a pronunciation key, as I have no idea how to pronounce the Native American expressions and tribal affiliations presented and would rather learn how to pronounce them correctly or at least as correctly as possible (so yes, supplemental materials, as well as suggestions for further reading would have added much to the teaching and learning potential of Many Nations, which as it stands now, is definitely adequate as a basic and informative alphabet book of Native America, but also not yet outstanding, not yet an effort that says "wow" in any manner).

Review # 2 was written on 2013-10-03 00:00:00 Frances Frischkorn The illustrations in this book are superb! Loved the colors and the warmth on every page. The text was sparse but effective. I almost graded it down a star for lack of text until I realized that every page sparked a discussion about what was going on in the pictures. Discussions about buffaloes, canoes, the design of the homes... almost every page could be used as a topic starter. It was wonderful that Bruchac included groups that are not as well known as others. My biggest gripe is that there was no pronunciation key for this book. I would have really liked to have a handy guide to help me with some of the more difficult names. Overall, Great book!