The alphabet thief
When night falls, a peculiar thief steals each letter of the alphabet, creating a topsy-turvy world as she goes.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Toronto : Berkeley :
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press,
2017.
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| Summary: | When night falls, a peculiar thief steals each letter of the alphabet, creating a topsy-turvy world as she goes. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781554988778 (hardback) 1554988772 (hardback) |
| Author Notes: | Bill Richardson, winner of Canada's Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour, and former radio host, has written several highly acclaimed books for children. They include The Aunts Come Marching, illustrated by Cynthia Nugent, winner of the Time to Read Award; the children's novel After Hamelin, winner of the Ontario Library Association's Silver Birch Award; and The Alphabet Thief and The Bunny Band, both illustrated by Roxanna Bikadoroff. Bill lives in Vancouver. ROXANNA BIKADOROFF's illustrations have been published internationally for more than twenty-five years. She has won numerous awards, many of them National Magazine Awards, including Best Illustration (Gold). She recently collaborated with Bill Richardson on a collection of poems for adults as well as on her first children's book, The Alphabet Thief. Roxanna lives in Vancouver. |
