Apple Pie

An ABC that dates back at least to the 1600s is zipped up with Pearson's spirit ed illustrations, as characters practically roll over each other in their haste to get to a pie. A baby bearing the initial ""A'' reaches for ``A apple pie,'' a small girl named B stands mouth open, ready to fulfill the claim that ``B bit it,'' then a boy, C, wants to ``cut it.'' Each addition al child helps or hinders the pie as it travels from one end of the table to an other. T blissfully trods among the squishy pieces of cooked apple, W weeps for the now-wrecked pie and Z zealously presents a hot new pastry for them all. Strewn across each page are objects with names that begin with the featured letter; the book can be spread out and hung on a wall. The breakneck pace of the pictures and text guarantees fun for young children learning their ABCs. (3-7