Charley Harper's Animal Alphabet - Hardcover

Burke, Zoe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0764972332 ISBN 13: 9780764972331

Publisher: Pomegranate, 2015

Synopsis

More than 45 animals, delightfully depicted by Charley Harper, shine from the pages of this board book. Rhyming text by Zoe Burke names them all in read-aloud-fun fashion.

About this title

About the Author:

Zoe Burke is the author of the Nature Discovery Book series (PomegranateKids), featuring art by Charley Harper. When she was a little girl, her grandmother used to write letters to her that rhymed, and Zoe has loved making children s poems ever since. She lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband.

Charley Harper (August 4, 1922 - June 10, 2007) had an alternative way of looking at nature. His serigraphs were large expanses of rich color, which gave the viewer a very different perspective on the animal kingdom. A conservationist as well as an artist, Harper revealed the unique aspects of his wildlife subjects through highly stylized geometric reduction. Harper said he was "the only wildlife artist who has never been compared to Audubon," yet his wildlife art was just as instructive - the only difference was that Harper laced his lessons with humor. Harper believed that humor made it easier to encourage changes in our attitudes and awareness of environmental concerns.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pomegranate
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0764972332
• ISBN 13: 9780764972331
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 24