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Gone Wild An Endangered Animal Alphabet
Gone Wild An Endangered Animal Alphabet
Author: David McLimans
The twenty-six endangered animals featured were selected because tehy presented visual opportunities. Our alphabet's letters developed over centuries from pictures and symbols. Picture writing, or pictograms, represented the object being portrayed. In a way, this alphabet is a return to picture writing. The challenge for me in creating these ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780545035927
ISBN-10: 0545035929
Publication Date: 9/2007
Pages: 16
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3.3 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: Scholastic
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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lilyhax avatar reviewed Gone Wild An Endangered Animal Alphabet on + 88 more book reviews
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The artist/author takes each letter of the alpabet and matches it with an endangered animal to creae an artistic letter form - like the letters you see on the front cover. Each letter incorporates an animal symbol. Brief information is provided for each animal. The information in the write-ups seemed too old for pre-school alphabet learning. That said the kids did like the mix of animals with letters.
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buzzby avatar reviewed Gone Wild An Endangered Animal Alphabet on + 6062 more book reviews
Stylized drawings of the animals (like the front cover), at the end the alphabet is repeated with more information about the animals and more realistic drawings.

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