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The Beastie Book: An Alphabestiary is a whimsical and silly alphabetical romp through the world of beasts. Weird and wonderful beasts, from the Apple-clop to the Zeedunk, are each celebrated in page-long verse accompanied by beautiful, lavishly colored pen-and-ink illustrations on the facing page.
It should be noted that the beasts featured here are mild-mannered and quite pleasant. Take the Brahkey, for instance: “When you meet a Brahkey
She’ll offer you some tea
And ask you for a bedtime tale
Beneath the Bumble tree.” The accompanying illustration shows an ageless girl/woman figure in long blonde braids, curled up in her bed under giant tree roots and contentedly listening to a bedtime story read by a cheerful, rosy-cheeked young child.
And what young person could not empathize with the Oopsy: “The Oopsy ties her shoes wrong
And never combs her hair
Sometimes she doesn’t brush her teeth
Or clean her messy lair.” Indeed, none of the beasts featured here is likely to do you more harm than gnawing on your shoe or perhaps challenging you to a snowball fight. The Beastie Book is a bedtime book about monstrous beasts that is sure to generate chuckles, not nightmares.
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The Beastie Book: An Alphabestiary