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Synopsis
A rider on Amos goes around the farm and back home to the barn finding all the letters of the alphabet., Readers are introduced to the letters of the alphabet as they follow the adventures of a girl horseback riding through the countryside. Illustrated with watercolor paintings.
| Size | | Height: | 11.8 in | | Width: | 8.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 14.4 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: ""Driver stake me to the drain!
Striver, brake me to the strain!
Let me explain,
It's fairly plain…
Turn down that lane,
Arrive by five!"
The driver was so startled he forgot how to drive."
Industry Reviews
In this unique combination of alphabet book and storybook, Chandra's (Balloons and Other Poems) galloping rhymes and Narahashi's (I Have a Friend) inviting watercolors take an imaginative cowgirl for a memorable ride. The title page features a jeans-clad, barefoot girl staring wistfully out the window with her calico rocking horse in the foreground. At the turn of each succeeding page, the girl is riding a real horse (the A for Amos of the title, also calico), as they go "B for the bumpity bridge we cross/ C for the clippety clop of his trot," and so on through the alphabet. They ride past the F for farmer and through M for mud ("Sloppity cloppety thumpety thud/ Past pigs in a puddle/ M is for mud"). They hurry to get out of the rain ("V for weather vane that's twirling/ W for wild wind whirling") and finally reach the cozy barn ("X for extra-dry and warm") where the walls fade back to the wallpaper print of the girl's room. Chandra inventively moves along the alliterative lines and each featured letter is bold-faced for easy recognition. Narahashi's exuberant characters feature in varied compositions that shine with golden hues. This alphabetical tale is a charmer, from A to Z. Ages 2-6. (Mar.)
Fox
PreS-Gr 1-An unnamed girl narrates this rhyming alphabetical ride across an imaginary farm. Dressed in a T-shirt, blue overalls, and a red cowboy hat, she leaps onto her rocking horse's back and together they leave the walls of her room behind. Amos's hooves beat out the rhythm, while soft yet vivid watercolors capture the essence of the text. In a few places, the layout is confusing; on the same two-page spread, the illustration for one letter might occupy a page and a half while the illustration for another is assigned a corner. In spite of this and the fact that the rhyme is awkward in spots, youngsters will enjoy the girl's adventurous spirit.-Melanie C. Duncan, Washington Memorial Library, Macon, GA
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