Now You Know Your ABCs…
(Or Do You…?)
written by Caspar Salmon
illustrated by Matt Hunt
Nosy Crow, 2026. 32 pages.
Review written April 20, 2026, from a library book.
Starred Review
Hooray! The creators of the amazing How to Count to One (And don’t even THINK about other numbers) have created another interactive and utterly silly parody of a basic concept book – this time taking on the alphabet.
The book begins simply enough with A is for Apple, B is for Ball, and C is for Castle. But when the narrator starts in and tries to do D is for Dog – the “dog” turns out to be a wolf – a Dangerous, Dangerous wolf!
So what are you to do but cry out EEEEEEEEEEK in fear and run all the way to France?
The nearest French person is no help, because they do not speak your language, so you Go and seek shelter inside a tree house.
The adventure that follows gets zanier and zanier as you try to outwit the wolf and get back home – all the way through the alphabet.
It all adds up to an extremely silly book that begs to be read aloud, preferably with a group that indeed already knows their ABCs so they will appreciate the surprising ways each next letter is brought into the story.
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