Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic

Schnur, Steven

ISBN 10: 0395822696 / ISBN 13: 9780395822692

Published by Clarion Books (edition ), 1999

About this Item

With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Seller Inventory # 0395822696-7-1-29

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic
• Publisher: Clarion Books (edition )
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395822696
• ISBN 13: 9780395822692
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Evans, Leslie
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

About this title

Synopsis

A collection of poems describes spring, with its animals, green smells, and renewed outside activities and when read vertically, the first letters of the lines of text spell related words arranged alphabetically, from "April" to "zenith."

About the Authors

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An enthusiastic and devoted drawer since she was a child, Leslie Evans was raised in Michigan and later trained as a printmaker at the Rhode Island School of Design. She often brings her printer's aesthetic to her work as an artist and illustrator, producing many of the illustrations for her children's books in her letterpress studio. When time allows she enjoys developing her own projects including calendars, prints, books and broadsides under her imprint, the Sea Dog Press. She has illustrated many books including Leaf Jumpers, The Yummy Alphabet Book, and the Alphabet Acrostic series (Clarion). Leslie lives in Watertown, Massachusetts where she delights in her daily walks along the Charles river with her dog, Clyde.