Alphabet (Paula Wiseman Books)

"Alphabet" is our second book by Matthew Van Fleet - our first was HEADS (BOARD BOOK) which our daughter really enjoys. If you have never seen one of the Matthew Van Fleet books please see the video portion of the review. The books are completely interactive - they offer a variety of textures, colors, and moveable panels that offer hours of fun for little hands. Alphabet introduces you child to a variety of animals that start with the various letters of the alphabet. What I like about it is that it offers a little more variety than you would expect - for example for the letter "Z" most of us would expect "Zebra" but "Alphabet" uses the "Zorilla" - instead of a "Whale" you get a "Warthog" and things like that. Other notes - I would strongly suggest that you buy "Alphabet" or any Matthew Van Fleet book from an online retailer. These books do damaging rather easily when played with young hands. As a result, almost every copy I saw at a box store had damage, - A great gift for your child or for a niece or nephew that happens to have a birthday. - Comes with a wonderful "Alphabet" poster that has a variety of tabs that reveal an animal. See the video review for an example. The poster alone is nearly worth the price of the book. - Lots of texture, animation, tabs and silly situations for the animals. Final Verdict - Probably my new favorite Van Fleet book - very highly recommended. 5 Stars

What a great book! You can learn about the alphabet as well as fun and friendly animals all in one place. The concept and pictures are very much like "Tails", another great book by Van Vleet, so if you were a fan of that book, you will like this one as well. The author rhymes his way through the alphabet with visual and tactile delights, while describing animals--some familiar and some slightly off the beaten path. Your child will love the friendly illustrations of alligators, dragonflies, elephants, and frogs, while you will scratch your head and wonder how you could have gone your while life and never heard of a quahog, uacaris, or xenops--all great new Scrabble words! The fact the he chose "zorillas" for the letter "Z" and not the standard "zebra" you would find in most children's books shows that he refuses to "dumb down" a book--instead challenging young children with new ideas. What I really like the most about this book is that it can "grow" with your child. Very young children will enjoy touching the different textures and making the kangaroos "jump". Older children will enjoy looking back through the book for the challenge of finding other alphabet word pictures that the author provides in the back of the book. You also get a 21-inch color poster included with the book that has pop-ups of the animals with corresponding letters that you can use to teach letters (or animals for that matter) to hang in an older child's room. A very worthy investment for your home library.

Such a cute book, it keeps my child engaged for a little bit. A lot of different textures and pictures to play with. Would be a great gift.

This book is so much fun, even adults love looking through it. I gave it to my 7 month old nephew and he couldn't get enough of it. He laid on his belly and touched everything, and was infatuated whenever we made anything move (he especially liked to watch the warthogs shake their heads). The pages of this book are also sturdy enough that they weren't ruined when he drooled on them. The book was even educational for the adults - my 30 year old brother-in-law went straight to the dictionary to look up Zorilla because he thought they had made it up, but it was in there (it's a skunk like African mammal). We absolutely love the pop up poster that is included with the book. Children will certainly learn a lot from this book and poster. One word of warning though: the scratch and sniff stinkbug really DOES stink. I convinced my brother-in-law to try it out, and he definitely regretted that decision! Overall, this is a high quality book with lots of tactile fun that children will get years of use and learning out of. It is worth every penny.

I had a copy of this book as a kid and loved It. Just bought one for my 2 year old and she wants to read it every night. It’s fun for a wide range of ages because it’s a simple touch and feel book but also has hidden features for older kids like the alphabet rhyming, and animals and plants with names that start with certain letters hidden throughout. This is a family favorite!

I've had a copy since my baby shower. Fantastic book that your child can grow into. Supervised instruction when small (so they don't destroy the book), and learning more words when older. You can touch and feel and move things in the book. It's very creative and fun. It even comes with a poster with the alphabet and a lot more pictures. I knocked off a star because I just bought another copy for a friend's baby shower and was very disappointed to find out that the poster in back, which has liftable flaps on my copy, is just a flat piece of paper on my friend's copy. So sad.

Super adorable and durable - can withstand the destructive-iest of toddlers! Our kid absolutely loves the Matthew Van Fleet books, but has destroyed almost all of them (and still begs to read them). This one is definitely one of his favorites AND it's quite durable- he has not managed to rip it apart yet. It has great different textures, a find "seek and find" hidden feature, and great movement pages. It's a very fun book to read and experience with the tots. Highly recommend

I first saw this book in a nursery in 2005 and I have been buying it for friends of mine who have children ever since! Its a really fun book to read to toddlers and kids alike and fun to watch them interact with the different textures and the scratch and sniff spot!

My toddler adores this book with all the moving parts and the fun and loveable characters. Cannot recommend it highly enough!

Interativo, interessante...uma graça...

Super fun book, learning the alphabet and also having fun in each page

Lovely interactive book...My 10 months old baby is so glued and loves reading this book with me. Go for it and you ll keep buying more from the same author.

Beau livre, mon fils est captivé par les visuels.