Brian Wildsmith's ABC Hardcover – April 1, 1996

As simple as ABC!

This is a sweet little first ABC's board book for the under-2 set. I first got this from the library (and later purchased from Amazon) just before my son turned two and wished I'd gotten in months earlier. He instantly loved it - lots of rich colors in the illustrations. Now, we focus on the words that he doesn't run across often and is learning from this book, like 'armadillo', 'jaguar', and 'iguana,' which is his favorite illustration - he asked, 'what dinosaur it is?' He's also fascinated by the picture of the xylophone and its mallet - it's fun explaining that - and 'unicorn' - to a 2 year old!

I love the Eric Carle ABC, but it doesn't come in a board book - my two-year-old twin grandsons managed to rip it. So this is a board book, which is great. It's simple, just uppercase letters, and the accompanying pictures are interesting and attractive. I think it would have been better if the dimensions of the book itself were a little larger.

Another treasure I found on Amazon! 30 years ago I shared this book with my daughter. Now I can give it to her for her little one, due in September.Astonished and so happy I could find this childhood favorite still available.Thanks, Amazon, for providing everyone a blast from the past!

Tell the child the name of the animal with each one. My kids now 48 and 44 lived his books

This was a baby shower gift. It was loved. As a former library worker I was familiar with Brian wordsmith work and always enjoyed it.

This book has beautiful images to match the letter and animal on each page.

This is a board book in a much smaller format than when it was originally published, and I think some of the illustrations have been changed, e.g., I remember "apple" for A and this has "aardvark." However the illustrations are fine painterly pictures. Good to use with younger children, as there is only one illustration per letter instead of a lot of smaller ones.