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Synopsis
Clippety clap clippety clap
A is for Amos and I'm on his back
B for the bumpety bridge we cross
C for the clippety clop of his trot . . .
So begins an infectious rhythmic chant that takes a girl on an imaginary adventure on a wonderful horse. The countryside, the animals they see along the way, and a dramatic storm all figure in a story that takes its lead from the progression of the alphabet. Energetic watercolor illustrations adroitly capture the excitement of the ride, one readers will want to take again and again.
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About the Author
Deborah Chandra is the author of two poetry collections and was the first winner of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Promising Poet Award. She lives in Altadena, California.
Keiko Narahashi is the illustrator of many books for children, including her own I Have a Friend and Mary Serfozo's Who Said Red? She lives in New York City.
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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.
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- PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0374300011
- ISBN 13 9780374300012
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorNarahashi Keiko
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