The Eyeball Alphabet Book
Jerry Pallotta, author
Jerry Pallotta is the author of more than twenty alphabet books, including The Crab Alphabet Book, The Sea Mammal Alphabet Book, The Icky Bug Alphabet Book, The Butterfly Alphabet Book, and The Beetle Alphabet Book, as well as more than twenty math books, a holiday series, an early-reader series, and a US military series.
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Shennen Bersani, illustrator
Shennen Bersani is the author and illustrator of Achoo! Why Pollen Counts. She has also illustrated many books for children, including Butterfly Colors and Counting and Ocean Counting: Odd Numbers; Astro: The Steller Sea Lion; Sea Slime and It's Eeuwy, Gooey and Under The Sea; and Icky Bug Shapes.
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Kirkus Reviews
Did you know that horses have oval-shaped pupils and lobsters can only see light and dark? Or that earthworms, widemouth blindcats, and yeti crabs have no eyes at all, and ostriches have the largest eyes of any land mammal? This book presents alphabetical eyeball facts as well as a breakdown of idioms, from “the eye of the beholder” to “in the blink of an eye.” This is the latest in a successful series of alphabet books and another nonfiction collaboration by Pallotta and Bersani. The choice to highlight lesser known, unique animals like an indri, quoll, tarsier, uakari, xenosaur, and zebu is fresh and inspiring, and Bersani’s almost photorealistic artwork uses stunning close-ups and intriguing angles. While perhaps not every child will be itching to learn about the difference between binocular and monocular vision or a camel’s nictitating membrane, the wild popularity of the Who Would Win? series will certainly drive an audience for this book. Find Steve Jenkins’ Eye to Eye (2014) and Shelley Rotner’s Whose Eye Am I? (2016) for an eye-catching display.
Booklist
Did you know that horses have oval-shaped pupils and lobsters can only see light and dark? Or that earthworms, widemouth blindcats, and yeti crabs have no eyes at all, and ostriches have the largest eyes of any land mammal? This book presents alphabetical eyeball facts as well as a breakdown of idioms, from “the eye of the beholder” to “in the blink of an eye.” This is the latest in a successful series of alphabet books and another nonfiction collaboration by Pallotta and Bersani. The choice to highlight lesser known, unique animals like an indri, quoll, tarsier, uakari, xenosaur, and zebu is fresh and inspiring, and Bersani’s almost photorealistic artwork uses stunning close-ups and intriguing angles. While perhaps not every child will be itching to learn about the difference between binocular and monocular vision or a camel’s nictitating membrane, the wild popularity of the Who Would Win? series will certainly drive an audience for this book. Find Steve Jenkins’ Eye to Eye and Shelley Rotner’s Whose Eye Am I? for an eye-catching display.
Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-57091-710-3
E-book
ISBN: 978-1-63289-612-4 EPUB
Ages: 4-8
Page count: 32
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