Peanut butter and jellyfishes - a very silly alphabet book

Cleary illustrations by Betsy E... starts flamingo FG and begins G ary, the g erbil... begins ostrich with oatsby the oodles.O... and plain peanut butteron pink jellyfishes... starts a q

by Brian P Cleary

j Millbrook Press • Minneapolis

A Ve ry S ill y Al p ha b et Bo ok

by Brian P Cleary

illustrations by Betsy E Snyder

is for a ntelopes forming a n a rc.

A

b egins b irch trees with b ubblegum b ark.

B

is for c at

C

who c amps

by a moat.

starts d almatian,

a d og who’s been spotted.

D

is for each evergreen Elvis potted.

E

starts flamingo F

G

and begins G ary,

the g erbil

helps us say

is quite hairy H

that

is for ice cream, the size of an igloo.

I

is for j ars

full of j asmine and wig glue.

starts k arate

are missing.

K

is for l etters

L

is for newt with a necklace

of noodles.

N

begins ostrich with oats

by the oodles.O

is for patterns

on plates and on dishes,P

and plain peanut butter

on pink jellyfishes

starts a quail who is quiet and quivers.

is for r afting

r ed r aspberry r ivers.

R

s tarts off s addles

S

is for t ents filled with

T

starts a v eil-wearing

v olleyball player.

V

starts W ill,

w ho’s a w allaby w eigher.

W

is the end sound

in ox and in axe.

X

starts Y olanda

with six y ellow y aks.

Y

begins z ebra and z ipper

and z oo.

Z

I know my ABCs— how about you?

Text copyright © 2007 by Brian P Cleary

Illustrations copyright © 2007 by Betsy E Snyder

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cleary, Brian P., 1959—

Peanut butter and jellyfishes : a very silly alphabet book / by Brian P Cleary ; illustrations by Betsy E Snyder

p cm

ISBN-13: 978—0—8225—6188—0 (lib bdg : alk paper)

ISBN-10: 0—8225—6188—3 (lib bdg : alk paper)

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