ALPHABLOCK BOARD BOOK

The one that started it all. Alphablock is the original title in the award-winning Abrams Block Book series — the book that proved a board book could be a genuinely beautiful, brilliantly designed object as well as a brilliant early learning tool. It has been on bestseller lists, won awards and found its way onto shelves in children’s rooms across the world. If you only buy one book from the Block Book series, start here.

The concept is as simple as it is clever: each thick page is die-cut into the shape of a letter, so children see, hold and trace the form of A, B, C all the way through to Z as they turn through the book. Each letter reveals the Peskimo illustration on the page behind — a densely packed, joyful scene full of objects beginning with that letter — creating a peek-through guessing game with every turn. What begins with A? What can you spot through the shape of the letter?

The illustrations are by Peskimo, the celebrated British design duo, and they are as vivid, detailed and characterful as ever — every spread packed with objects, animals and scenes in their bold, graphic, slightly retro-modern style. The cover itself is die-cut in the shape of a giant A, giving the book a physical presence and identity that makes it immediately recognisable and completely irresistible on a shelf or as a gift.

Named one of Parents magazine’s 10 Best Children’s Books of 2013 and an ALSC Notable Children’s Book of 2014.

• Written by Christopher Franceschelli; illustrated by Peskimo
• Die-cut board book — pages shaped like every letter A to Z
• The original and bestselling title in the Abrams Block Book series
• Award winner: Parents magazine Top 10 Children’s Books 2013; ALSC Notable Children’s Book 2014
• Published by Abrams Appleseed, September 2013
• ISBN: 9781419725692