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8: An Animal Alphabet

By Elisha Cooper   

Scholastic Inc | ISBN 9780545470834 Hardcover
40 Pages | 9.82" x 11.8" | Ages 3 to 7

Scholastic Inc | ISBN 9780545831468 Ebook
40 Pages | Ages 3 to 7

Explore the animal world, from aardvark to zebu!

Discover hundreds of animals, great and small. Lion and lizard, whale and wombat. Learn one wild fact about each animal. (Did you know that gorillas yawn when they are nervous?) Look carefully, because for each letter of the alphabet, one animal is pictured eight times. Why 8? Come inside and find out.

Raves & reviews:

Praise for Train:

* A poetic, beautifully conceived book. Booklist, starred review

* The loose watercolour-and-pencil artwork hums with activity and energy. Kirkus, starred review

* Coopers signature sun-bleached watercolours beautifully convey human achievements and natures grandeur through both detail and a range of scale. Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Cooper's loose watercolor images are arranged harmoniously against spacious white backgrounds...Don't get behind the eight ball: order now; it's great fun." Kirkus Reviews

Praise for 8: An Animal Alphabet

"From albatross to earthworm, kudu to quoll, uakari to zebu, the realistic drawings of well-known and some lesser-known creatures are representative of the talented Coopers signature style... Its a feast of fauna!" Booklist starred review