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BOOKS OF THE WEEK

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“M is for Mud that we get on our knees. N is for Nose— and he’s going to sneeze!” Whimsical, yet straightforward, Quentin Blake’s ABC (Red Fox, $9.99) is an excellent introduction to the alphabet. Each page is devoted to a different letter and accompanied by an illustration in Blake’s trademark style that’s as demonstrative as it is laugh-out-loud funny. As the book moves through the alphabet, each description rhymes with the one next to it, giving the book a wonderfully rhythmic cadence. From Apples to Zippers, this classic is sure to please both seasoned readers and young ones encountering the alphabet for the first time.  –Ages 3-5.  Amy Kane

Blast from the Past

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Join a chorus of Maasai children on the day We All Went on Safari(Barefoot, $7.99). On this lively tour through Tanzania’s Serengeti, you will learn to count to ten in Swahili, discover a whole slew of wildlife, and be totally charmed by Laurie Krebs’s rhyming text and Julie Cairn’s vibrant, joyful illustrations. The children count the animals as they see them, from one “lonely leopard,” two ostriches, three giraffes, up through a herd of ten elephants. The fully-illustrated endnotes include more information on the animals; a guide to Swahili names, numbers, and pronunciation; and a short introduction to Tanzania and the Maasai. - Ages 5-8. Elizabeth Sher

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