If Rocks Could Sing: A Discovered Alphabet by Leslie McGuirk Ages 3-5 48 pages Tricycle Press May 2011 Hardcover     Over the years, children’s author and illustrator Leslie McGuirk has been picking up rocks that look like letters and objects. Rock collectors of all ages will be eager to see her collection in this extraordinary alphabet book. Each photograph appears in color and against a simple background that might include one or two props. A stone footprint is placed on top of a layer of sand (F is for Footprint). A buttered knife appears beside a rock that resembles a slice of whole grain toast (T is for Toast). McGuirk found a lemon-shaped rock to appear with the letter L rock, and a mitten-shaped rock to match up with the letter M. The words joy, ouch and yawn are shown in facial expressions on rocks; the word xoxo in two rocks that seem to be embracing. Numbers (A is for Addition and Z is for Zero) begin and end this book. After reading If Rocks Could Sing, collectors may want to start their own search.     web reviews   Tanya Boudreau/2011 for curled up with a good kid's book   For grown-up fiction, nonfiction and speculative fiction book reviews, visit our sister site Curled Up With a Good Book (www.curledup.com)