Books like Gone Wild: An Endangered Animal Alphabet
By David McLimans
For the kid who loves poring over the same page looking for hidden details, this alphabet book rewards a much closer look. Bold, graphic, quietly urgent — part alphabet book, part art gallery.
A little fish paddles through the underwater world, meeting all kinds of fish along the way — spotty, stripy, happy, grumpy, hairy, scary, even curly whirly and twisty twirly.
Bold die-cut shapes stack and overlap page after page, transforming circles, squares, and triangles into nine recognizable zoo animal faces right before your eyes.
A rhyming romp through everything that counts as a house — anthills, dog kennels, corn husks, pea pods — and eventually the surprising idea that a shoe, a mirror, even a word, might have a house too.
An alphabet journey where each letter unfolds into a densely packed illustration, from Armored Armadillos Avoiding an Angry Alligator to Horrible Hairy Hogs Hurrying Homewards, hiding dozens of matching objects to hunt for.
A gallery of real animals shown at their true size — a two-foot tongue, an eye bigger than your head — turning astonishing facts into something you can see with your own eyes.
A time-traveling guide skydives into Sequoia National Park, leading young explorers through groves of giant trees to uncover the park's history, wildlife, and a hidden danger threatening its ancient giants.
A curious kid heads outside to explore wind firsthand — feeling it push and pull, chasing hats, and figuring out why something you can't see is so easy to feel.
An alphabet journey through fruits and vegetables from around the world, pairing every letter — upper and lowercase — with foods like apricots, artichokes, yams, and zucchini.
A bright, rhyming romp through a day in the life of birds — from the rooster's dawn crow to the owl's nighttime call — inviting little ones to cheep and tweet along.
A father and daughter hike down into the Grand Canyon, layer by layer, uncovering fossils and creatures that reveal millions of years of history hidden in the rock.
A rhyming tour through the jungle introduces elephants, tigers, giraffes, hippos, leopards, and chimpanzees, each with their own playful verse and a hidden animal to spot on every page.
