  | Full Text Reviews: School Library Journal - 06/01/2016 PreS-K—Olivera follows up his ABCs on Wings with this mostly terrestrial vehicular alphabet (lunar rover being the only exception). Illustrated in a retro, cartoony style with wonderfully rich colors and angular graphics, cars, limos, buses, and even a stagecoach fill the pages, accompanied by captions that display uppercase and lowercase letters—"Aa is for axle, Bb is for bumper…" and so on. While young readers will be familiar with many of the vehicles pictured, such as an ice-cream truck or a yellow cab, a hot rod, compact, or double-decker might elicit questions and require further explanation. VERDICT A fun addition to ABC and transportation collections.—Yelena Alekseyeva-Popova, formerly at Chappaqua Library, NY - Copyright 2016 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission. Booklist - 07/01/2016 A series of short, highly visual narratives give this alphabet book undeniable appeal. Divided vertically into panels, the opening double-page spread features a worker assembling a car in highly simplified steps, from “Aa is for axle” to “Bb is for bumper.” Other spreads feature a single scene depicting one letter, such as “Rr is for rover,” or a pair of letters: “Ll is for limousine. Mm is for motorcade.” Created with accessible humor and a digital look, the artwork has a certain elegance with its clean lines and uncluttered compositions. These stylized illustrations have an angular, retro feel, with pleasingly two-dimensional figures moving linearly across the page, often left to right. The many young children who enjoy Olivera’s ABCs on Wings (2015) will want to have a look at this energetic and colorful companion book. - Copyright 2016 Booklist. Loading...
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