The Amazing African Animal Alphabet by Kristina Jones

The Amazing African Animal Alphabet by Kristina Jones

This illustrated alphabet book showcases African animals and other objects that local children will recognise. To enhance basic letter recognition, the left-hand pages feature bold, full-page letters in upper and lower case that are large enough for small fingers to trace around to practise each letter shape. Each illustration includes a single sentence introducing an animal. The sentence structure is the same for each animal, to encourage reading due to the repetitive nature of the text. The names of each animal have been carefully selected as common names in Southern Africa. Built into each illustration is a series of items or actions that begin with the featured letter of the alphabet. Children are encouraged to find all of the things that begin with each letter. This aids in phonetic processing as each word needs to be said aloud to determine whether it begins with the correct letter.

Kristina Jones is an author, artist, teacher, and traveller currently living in British Columbia, Canada with her husband, daughter, and three rescue cats, Sisko, Ollie, and Merv. She loves exploring new places and has worked as a music, drama, and art teacher in both Ukraine and Eswatini. Her illustrations are inspired by her considerable stash of fabrics collected throughout her travels. Her first book, The Amazing African Animal Alphabet, was nominated for an IBBY SA Picture Book Illustrator Award in 2019.

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ISBN 13	9781432308612
ISBN 10	1432308610
Title	The Amazing African Animal Alphabet
Author	Kristina Jones
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Penguin Random House South Africa
Year published	2018-08-01
Number of pages	36
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