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While walking through a forest of sequoias, a father tells his family the story of the tree's namesake. Sequoyah was a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people. His neighbors feared the symbols he wrote and burned down his home. All of his work was lost, but, still determined, he tried another approach. The Cherokee people finally accepted the written language after Sequoyah taught his six-year-old daughter to read.
84) Alphabatics
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The letters of the alphabet are transformed and incorporated into twenty-six illustrations, so that the hole in "b" becomes a balloon and "y" turns into the head of a yak.
85) Animalia
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An alphabet book with fantastic and detailed pictures, bearing such labels as "Lazy lions lounging in the local library."
89) Charlie'S ABC
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Photographs illustrate some of the common things in the life of a young child, from A(alphabet) to Z(zipper).
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The sounds of autumn include the crunch of fallen leaves underfoot and the thump of the kickoff starting the first home football game. Sports writer Brad Herzog's easy-to-read-aloud rhymes engage even the youngest of readers, while hardcore fans can devour the detailed expository that covers the sport of the pigskin, from A-Z and end zone to end zone.
96) My "a" book
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Little a fills his box with things beginning with the letter "a" and is treated to a ride by an astronaut.