Where Is Everybody?: An Animal Alphabet - Hardcover

Merriam, Eve

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671649647 ISBN 13: 9780671649647

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1989

Synopsis

A humorous alphabet of animals engaged in human activities, including an alligator in the attic, a unicorn underwater, and an elephant riding on the escalator.

About this title

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-K-- An affable production, with likely child appeal but little to distinguish it from others of its ilk. A most myopic mole goes stalking his friends, with camera cocked, but Where Is Everybody? Well, "Alligator is in the attic," "Bear is in the bakery," "Cat is at the computer," and . . . you get the idea. Full-page watercolors, in muddy tones set off by brilliant yellow, show each costumed character surrounded by an assortment of alphabetically appropriate objects, setting up a fine game for inquisitive pre-readers. And even younger children can hunt for Mole (or evidence thereof) on each letter page. Anne Rockwell's Albert B. Cub and Zebra (Crowell, 1987) is a more stylish and fully realized example of the seek-and-find alphabet (objects are identified in an appendix); Graeme Base's Animalia (Abrams, 1987) and Satoshi Kitamura's What's Inside (Farrar, 1985) are noteworthy variations on the theme. --Marcia Hupp, Mamaroneck Public Library, N.Y.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

It's plain to see where most of the animals are: the narwhal is in the noodle house, the vicuna is at the video store and the quail is on the quarterdeck. But finding the dapper, sleepy-eyed mole will keep children turning the pages of this deft animal alphabet book. Like the title character in Where's Waldo? , the mole and/or his photography equipment appear on every page. His nose peeks out of the laundry basket at the lion's house; his cordovan shoes lurk under the backstage curtain as the owls perform at the opera. At the very end, he manages to get all the animals together for a toothy family photo. Unusual animals, combined with the playful hide-and-seek format that has proven so popular with readers, should ensure that this book is a hit. Ages 3-6.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0671649647
• ISBN 13: 9780671649647
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 31
• Illustrator: De Groat Diane