Alphabears: An ABC book

(The above image is letter "C" from the book: "C is for Charles, a stuffy old bear. He wears a bow tie and a part in his hair) 

Alphabears is an ABC picture book! It takes the reader on a journey through the alphabet naming off bears that start with each letter and something special about them! For example, for the first bear, Amanda it says, "A is for Amanda, a good teddy bear who carries sweet apples everywhere." Not only does this book teach the reader and listener about the alphabet it is also a rhyming book! I think rhyming books are very enjoyable to listen to. The book takes on a certain flow that makes you want to keep reading to find out which words will rhyme next! Not only is the text good but the illustrations are excellent. Illustrator Michael Hague provides very detailed pictures of each bear and their special qualities. When they say that "F is for Freddie, a big frightful mess, what he has been up to no one can guess" there is a detailed picture of Freddie the bear in a bathroom covered in mud with bandages all over his body! Not only will a child listening to this book learn their ABCs, they will also learn about rhyming and relating the text to the pictures. I think this is a great ABC book because even though it is just teaching about the ABC's it does it in a fun and entertaining way! 

Hague, Kathleen (Author) Hague, Michael (Illustrator) Alphabears: An ABC Book. Broadway, New York: Scholastic Inc., 1992