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roseleaf24's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of the most charming, successful alphabet books I've seen. The illustrations are amazing, and the story is simple, but a story aside from the alphabet. I love this.
sducharme's review against another edition
4.0
This alphabet book is best for a lap read, not read aloud since the pictures are finely detailed and words are few. The concept: a gal heads down to Market Street and buys items starting with every letter of the alphabet, so much of each that she's covered with them.
cimorene1558's review against another edition
5.0
One of the world's most beautiful and delightful alphabet books! We read this a lot when I was a kid, I think when my sisters were learning to read.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
3.0
Yet another alphabet book. This one has some fairly imaginative drawings of people for each letter made out out of the name item - so apples and books and clocks and so on... The text is only okay. The art is pretty good in and of itself and clever - but not the kind of thing I'd want to be reading over and over.
allen_h's review against another edition
3.0
This would be a cool book for someone learning the alphabet.
calistareads's review against another edition
4.0
This is mostly a creative alphabet book for beginners and above. There is a poem of text at the beginning to set up the story and at the end to complete the story. A child is going to market planning to buy a ton of stuff.
The market is a person who is wearing a lot of the things they are selling. Umbrellas make up a person with a head standing up. The artwork is amazing and creative! Anita Lobel is the artist and she is very creative in her design. I was impressed by this. It really did deserve the Caldecott.
This made the children laugh. They loved looking at the picture to see what funny stuff made up a person. I thought the instrument person was really inspired. The nephew thought the oranges were funny and the niece thought the vegetables were funny. Both of the kids laughed merrily at this. They loved it. The nephew gave this 4 stars and the niece gave it 4 stars. Look at that.
emkoshka's review against another edition
4.0
Wonderfully creative and inventive, with each figure attired in market goods by alphabet letter: apples, books, clocks, doughnuts, etc. Loved Frog and Toad making a cameo appearance too!
kesterbird's review against another edition
5.0
This is a beautiful book, harkening back to Arcimboldo but still super accessible to tiny kids. Super fun, great for many rereads and finding new things in the images.