A Pacific Alphabet

Margriet Ruurs. Walrus Books, $16.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-55285-264-4

In A Pacific Alphabet by Margriet Ruurs, illus. by Dianna Bonder, each page features a painting and a letter, which dominates the corresponding rhyme; back pages list all 26 letters and the items pictured in the full-bleed wry paintings that begin with the featured letter. ( Nov.)

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