BUYING ADVISORY: EL(K-3), EL - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
The letter Z is always at the end of the alphabet and thus always last. On this day, Z decides to shake things up and along with her friend, Y, they head to the front of the alphabet to go first! Along the way they meet up with the other letters and learn a little more about the complicated nature of the English language.
This is one of those alphabet books that is supposed to be funny because they make a lot of letter-based puns (e.g. Y always asks, "Why?" and Q saying a special hello to "U"). The entire concept of this story also confused me because when Z goes to the front of the alphabet, she then for some reason heads all the way to the back of the alphabet. It would make a lot more sense for her to make her way to the front and go through the alphabet backward; I read this multiple times and every time got caught up in this conundrum. I dunno. The illustrations are fun and the puns aren't bad but younger readers will not understand them. I feel like the idea of Z going first is good, but the actual story this author came up with was not spectacular.
Reviewer: TC
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