Alphabet books (Genre/Form Term)
- ABC books
- Abecedaries (Alphabet books)
- Books, ABC
- Books, Alphabet
- Broader heading: Picture books
Work cat.: Rumford, J. There's a monster in the alphabet, 2002 (An alphabet book which relates the legend of Cadmus)
RBMS controlled vocabularies: genre terms, via WWW, Jan. 15, 2020 (Alphabet books. SN Use for both alphabet books meant as primers for teaching the alphabet and those intended as vehicles for an illustrator's art. UF Abecedaria; Alphabets (Primers). BT Illustrated works; Textbooks; Wordbooks. NT Alphabet rhymes)
Art & architecture thesaurus online, Jan. 15, 2020 (alphabet books. SN Books designed to display the letters of the alphabet, often with accompanying illustrations; may be used to teach the alphabet or as vehicles for an illustrator's art. UF ABC books; abecedaria; alphabet-books; alphabets (primers). BT document genres; children's literature; books)
European education thesaurus, via WWW, Jan. 15, 2020 (alphabet book. SN book used in learning how to read. BT textbook)
Reitz, J.M. ODLIS: online dictionary for library and information science, viewed Jan. 15, 2020: ABC book (See: abecedary and alphabet book) abecedary (A book containing the letters of the alphabet and basic rules of spelling and grammar, used in Europe as a primer before the invention of the printing press. Early printed examples (sometimes in the form of a broadsheet) displayed the alphabet in uppercase and lowercase letters in both roman and gothic type, with separate lists of vowels, dipthongs, and consonants. By 1700, some ABC books included children's rhymes. Synonymous with abecedarium (plural: abecedarii). See also: horn book) alphabet book (A picture book for preschool children with illustrations designed to teach the letters and sequence of the alphabet by showing on each page, or double spread, one or more objects, animals, etc., belonging to a class whose name begins with the letter displayed (a for apple, etc.). See also: abecedary and horn book)
Merriam-Webster dictionary online, Jan. 15, 2020 (alphabet book: a book for teaching the alphabet; abecedarium, plural abecedaria: alphabet book, primer; abecedary, plural -es: 1 : abecedarium. 2 : abecedarian)
Sommer, J. Understanding ABC books : forms of alphabet books and their benefits for children, via WWW, viewed Jan. 15, 2020 (ABC books may be rhyming, or feature other sound properties such as alliteration; be illustrative, showing multiple pictures for one letter; involve visual puzzles that require a solution; be based upon popular characters familiar to children; be artistic, where the illustrator or photographer has taken liberties with the shape and form of the letters; or be contextual, providing information about a particular subject; By definition, an alphabet book in the English language is a picture book that shows the sequence of the letters A to Z; concise, rarely exceeding 60 pages and have a consistent organizational pattern, i.e., they almost always go from A to Z. In a few instances, they may go from Z to A, but they are predictable in either instance. Alphabet books are usually focused around a specific concept or theme. The illustrations in alphabet books normally play a major role in the book. In fact, the text and the illustrations must work together in order for the child to gain any benefit; some more advanced alphabet books expand on the sounds of letters and introduce alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyming, and other sound properties)
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