B Is for Boo

Name: B Is for Boo
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781423647805
Price: 18.99 NZD
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A Halloween Alphabet

Series: Alphabet Primers

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B Is for Boo: A Halloween Alphabet introduces babies and toddlers to the ABCs through a fun and festive Halloween theme. Featuring 26 retro-style illustrations, it explores costumes, treats, pumpkins, masks, monsters, and haunted houses, making early learning engaging and seasonal.
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B Is for Boo

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Ideal for parents and caregivers of brilliant babies and toddlers eager to explore the alphabet and enjoy Halloween festivities together.

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Featuring Paprocki's retro-styled artwork, this volume contains 26 illustrations depicting such Halloween-themed concepts as imaginative costumes, pumpkins, masks and monsters, and haunted houses. Full color.

Introduce your brilliant baby to the ABCs with this illustrated primer about Halloween.

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Introduce your brilliant baby to the ABCs with this illustrated primer about Halloween.

Greg Paprocki’s popular retro-style series of sturdy board book alphabet primers expands to introduce brilliant babies and toddlers to one of the most popular holidays on the calendar: Halloween. Just as other books in this series make learning history fun and engaging for children, this volume will fuel the anticipation of your child’s first Halloween and help to expand their vocabulary in the process.

B Is for Boo: A Halloween Alphabet features a collection of twenty-six illustrations featuring Halloween-themed concepts, including imaginative costumes, oodles of treats, pumpkins galore, masks and monsters, and haunted houses.

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“A delightful alphabet book with vintage Halloween imagery, offering creative and playful language for each letter. A great pick for fans of classic Halloween style.” — Elisa Shoenberger, Book Riot

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781423647805

Publisher: Gibbs M. Smith Inc

Format: Board book

Date Published: 15 August 2017

Country: United States

Imprint: Gibbs M. Smith Inc

Illustration: 4-color illustrations

Contributors:

Illustrated by Greg Paprocki
Illustrated by Greg Paprocki

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 162.0mm

Height: 213.0mm

Weight: 352g

Pages: 32

Collections

Children's Board Books Children's Books Children's Early Years Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Series: Alphabet Primers

About the Author

Greg Paprocki works full-time as an illustrator and book designer. He has illustrated several Curious George books, as well as The Big Book of Superheroes for Gibbs Smith. He began his career as an advertising art director after studying fine art and graphic design at the University of Nebraska.

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