A truthful and absorbing narrative of life in Connecticut in 1830. While her parents take a long sea voyage in 1830, ten-year-old Phebe Fairchild lives in the Connecticut countryside with her father's family, Puritans who even forbid reading her treasured Mother Goose book. Perfect for helping young children memorize and recognize the alphabet. The ABC song is written down musically in the front and back of the book. The focus there is on the reader taking one last glance at the book and then closing it. "W" is for "We welcome you!" and there is "X for eXit-off, away!" The last two letters of the alphabet, Y and Z, have nothing to do with Bunny. It's interesting how the author incorporated words with letters. Bunny's facial expressions are realistic without words to describe how he's feeling you can tell Bunny is scared, sleepy, or wary. When the gale comes, the wind is evident by lines showing motion. Lines in the grass give it texture and portray movement. The lack of coloring in the illustrations gives them a dramatic feel. The illustrations are black and white but are still detailed. The last word of each sentence rhymes with the one before, such as "red" and "bed", "Dash!" and "flash". Not only is the intended reader learning the alphabet, but they are also learning how words rhyme. The letters that are the focus of each page are large and red, for example, an "A for Apple, big and red". Every page shows an illustration of Bunny doing or experiencing something new. He meets other animals along the way and gets stuck in a gale. Bunny is awoken by a falling apple and heads Elsewhere. This is an alphabet book that follows the journey of Bunny. There is some sheet music in the endpapers for an ABC song. This ABC book follows a rabbit on a walk, the illustrations are in black and white but they are so beautiful and engaging. Follows a little bunny as it scampers through the alphabet.
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