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A is for Bee: An Alphabet Book in Translation
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A is for Bee: An Alphabet Book in Translation Hardcover - 2022

by Ellen Heck


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BEST OF THE YEAR
The New York Times - Booklist Top of the List - World Kid Lit

What letter does the word bee start with?
If you said "B" you're right - in English!
But in many, many languages, it actually starts with A.
Bee is Aṅụ̄ in Igbo,
Aamoo in Ojibwe,
Abelha in Portugese.
And Arı in Turkish.

Come and explore the gorgeous variations in the ways we talk about familiar things, unified and illuminated through Ellen Heck's eye-catching, graphic scratchboard details and hidden letterforms.

P R A I S E

★ "A gorgeous collection for linguists of all ages."
--Booklist (starred)

"The ultimate demonstration of inclusion, and the beauty of world languages. This lavishly illustrated multilingual alphabet book isn't about inclusion, it is inclusion."
--The New York Times

"Kaleidoscopic and delightful. Any lover of language, or any child who likes new sounds, will be entranced."
--Kory Stamper, NYT

"Beautiful. A book that presents an understanding far beyond the usual. Marvelous"
--Betsy Bird, SLJ Fuse 8

Details

  • Title A is for Bee: An Alphabet Book in Translation
  • Author Ellen Heck
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 40
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Levine Querido
  • Date 2022-06-14
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781646141272 / 164614127X
  • Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.6 x 8 x 0.4 in (26.92 x 20.32 x 1.02 cm)
  • Ages 03 to 09 years
  • Grade levels P - 4
  • Library of Congress subjects Alphabet books, Language and languages - Alphabet
  • Dewey Decimal Code 411

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Citations

  • Booklist, 03/15/2022, Page 61
  • Foreword, 02/22/2022, Page 0
  • Horn Book Magazine, 03/01/2022, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/15/2022, Page 0

About the author

Ellen Heck is a printmaker. For the past decade, through several print projects, she has explored questions about identity--its creation, variability, persistence and change. She studied philosophy at Brown University and art at SAIC. Inspired by reading Lithuanian alphabet books to her son, A Is for Bee is her debut picture book.
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