Piatti, author of 'The Happy Owls', brings his trademark style of glowing colours and bold lines—aptly compared to stained glass—to this alphabet of animals. Playful rhyming text offers interesting thoughts about each creature, real or fabled. AGES: 4-8 years AUTHOR: Celestino Piatti (1922-2007) was a Swiss graphic artist, painter and book designer. He was a popular illustrator of children's books and achieved international success as a designer for Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag.

REVIEWS: A vintage review for a vintage book: "You could do an ABC of extravagant adjectives for Mr. Piatti's outstanding illustrations,. He is one of the most noted European poster artists and the author/illustrator of the very well received 'The Happy Owls' and this book is a bolster to his reputation. His A to Z menagerie all done with the heavy black outlines and extraordinarily rich coloring of stained glass, incudes a gracefully bent double spread giraffe, an African-angular red orang-utan, a limpid-eyed yak – practically anyone could be someone's favourite. The book is designed for easy la-holding and long-looking." – Kirkus Reviews