The Dangerous Alphabet

Locations
Call Number: E GAI
On Shelf At: Downtown Library

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	E GAI	4-week checkout	On Shelf

As two children and their pet gazelle sneak out of the house in search of treasure, they come across a world beneath the city that is inhabited with monsters and pirates.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Read it to your child submitted by cherylo on July 1, 2011, 10:04pm Outstanding art to pour over and an engaging story in rhyming couplets. A fun read for adults and children alike.

The Dangerous Alphabet submitted by lstorc on August 6, 2018, 4:34am Enjoyable rhymes

High-Concept Alphabet Art submitted by Meginator on June 23, 2021, 5:32pm I recommend that anyone planning on sharing this with a skittish or easily scared reader gives it a once-over first, as the drawings and subject matter are a bit grisly and might frighten or otherwise put off some readers. Neil Gaiman delivers a nicely dark tale that is a decided change of pace from typical alphabet book fare, from his homophonic use of “c” and a late switcheroo to the use of an expanded vocabulary. Readers have to fill in some of the blanks, given the format, and the narrative doesn’t always flow as easily as the vile water, but the book does offer a nicely innovative approach to a familiar format. The illustrations are dense and difficult to parse, but they also hold a number of surprises both pleasant and ghastly. This book will appeal to a very specific audience (I actually know someone I can’t wait to recommend this to), but its neo-Victorian darkness in both words and pictures definitely isn’t for everybody.