The Furry Animal Alphabet Book

This is really cute and great for kids who like animals and are learning basic letter sounds.

Beautifully illustrated!

The last page was torn; I almost sent it back.My Daughter-In-Law stated to tape it, but I was embarrassed about it and giving it to my 6 yr. old Grandson John./JAM

My students and grandchildren love it!

As a homeschooling mother who loves alphabet books, I am drawn to books that will help my children learn the letters of the alphabet. I also love nature and animals and thought this book sounded great. Unfortunately I didn't like it much at all. Many of the animals here are animals I've never heard of in my lifetime or if I learned them in public school I've since forgotten them. I feel that children learn best and easiest when what they are learning is relative to their life or their interests. This book won't work well for our family since many of the animals portrayed are not from our region of the world and they (and I) just can't relate to them. Some examples are Aye-Aye, Hyrax, Springbok and Vizcacha. Since I've not heard of these animals and they are from other cultures I honestly am guessing at the pronunciation. Since such obscure and diverse animals are represented it would have been helpful if the author included how to pronounce the word!There is one page per letter with the letter being shown in both capital and lower case print which is great. The featured word is written in small font just as the 3-4 sentences that describe this animal. I prefer to see the featured word in much larger font separately featured from the paragraphical description. Since such diverse animals are represented I feel the author should have told us the geographic region that these animals live in (for all the animals not just a few).Again, I feel that the animals are too complex and not familiar to preschool aged children living in America to have relevance in their lives and to help teach the alphabet. I guess I am looking for a furry animal of North America book!I concur with one of the other reviews, which stated this book would be better to introduce some wild animals than teaching the alphabet.

My 3-year-old and 6-year old daughters both loved this book. They are interested in animals and this went way beyond the usual boring selection - didn't even have zebra! They read it several times at my sister's last month, and [SPOILER ALERT] are still quoting the naked mole rat part from the end. Guess we'll have to get our own copy.We also liked the butterfly and reptile alphabet books by the same author, and I will probably check out more of them. I would agree that these books are not for kids just learning the alphabet, but slightly older kids who still like the alphabet book format.

I have to disagree with the previous reviewer. My kids loved this book (and another in this series, The Icky Bug Book) precisely because it was so quirky. This is not really a book to teach the alphabet. It's more an assemblage of odd and interesting animal facts. My zoologist-daughter spent many nights examining the illustrations of these previously unknown animals. There are plenty of other books around about kittens and ducks and other familiar animals. That's what makes this book about aye-ayes and hyraxes so appealing!

I think any bright preschooler would enjoy this book, though it is definitely more about animals than about the alphabet. My four-year-old daughter absolutely loves it, and walks around the house spouting amazing trivia ("Did you know that the golden lion marmoset is a new world monkey? Old world monkeys are from Africa and Asia, but new world monkeys are from North America or South America. I live in North America, so I am from the new world.") As an item of interest for Jews, how many books for kids mention the hyrax? Not many, though the hyrax is one of the non-kosher animals specifically mentioned in the Torah. Can't beat that.