Animal Albums from A to Z
By (Author) Cece Bell
Illustrated by Cece Bell
Candlewick Press,U.S.
Walker Books US
3rd April 2024
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Music and musicians
Early years: letters and words
Picture storybooks
421.1
Hardback
64
Width 265mm, Height 262mm, Spine 11mm
618g
From the inimitable creator of El Deafo, this all-ages alphabet book is also a hand-wrought, high-fidelity, hilariously tongue-in-cheek homage to the golden days of album cover art.
Cece Bell loves music and collecting old record albums, her introduction explains, especially albums featuring animal artists. The bouncing harmonies of the Barbershop Beagles, the elegant crooning of the elephant Ella Fontaine, the hilarious rhymes of the Hip-Hop Hedgehogsall are represented in this quirky ABC book that draws on the creators personal collection of albums, memorabilia, and lyrics dating between 1944 and 1984, the heyday of album design. With wry, witty text, silly and sumptuous sound play, and biographical end matter on all twenty-six musical acts, the book commands and stands up to repeated readings. Bright, zany artall painted and lettered by handa stellar design, and an album-size trim make it a collectors item in its own right, sure to grace the coffee tables of vinyl- and design-loving adults even as it tickles young funny bones. A hootenanny hosted by the creator of the Newbery Honor Book and Eisner Award winner El Deafo, Animal Albums from A to Z also quietly reminds us just how much music can mean to everyone.
A sheer delight for all ages! Cece Bells picture book pays homage to music both through her lyrical poemser, SONGSand the stylish album covers that go with them. Unique, hilarious, and beautifully illustrated, Animal Albums from A to Z will have readers singing along!
Lorie Barber, Andersons Bookshop
Cece Bell is the creator of the graphic novel El Deafo, which was a Newbery Honor Book and a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award winner, the Geisel Honor Book Rabbit and Robot: The Sleepover, Rabbit and Robot and Ribbit, I Yam a Donkey!, Bee-Wigged, Itty Bitty, the Chick and Brain books, and the Sock Monkey series. She has also created books with her husband, Tom Angleberger, including Crankee Doodle and the Inspector Flytrap series.