Charley Harper’s Animal Alphabet

Closed, opens at 10amIndependent shop in Belltown

Available from SAM Shop/Info when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

More than 45 animals, delightfully depicted by Charley Harper, shine from the pages of this board book. Rhyming text by Zoe Burke names them all in read-aloud-fun fashion! Charley Harper (1922 - 2007) had an alternative way of looking at nature. His serigraphs were large expanses of rich color, which gave the viewer a very different perspective on the animal kingdom. A conservationist as well as an artist, Harper believed that humor made it easier to encourage changes in our attitudes and awaren