bPerfect for gift-giving, here isTHE alphabet book to top all others, an over-sized work of brilliance from the illustrator of the 1 New York Times bestselling iThe Day the Crayons Quiti!b piIf words make up the stories and letters make up the words, then stories are made up of letters. In this menagerie we have stories made of words, made FOR all the letters.i pThe most inventive and irresistible book of the year spans a mere 26 letters don't they all! and 112 pages. From an bAbstronaut who's afraid of heights, to a bBbridge that ends up burned between friends, to a bCbup stuck in a cupboard and longing for freedom, iOnce Upon an Alphabeti is a creative tour de force from A through Z. Slyly funny in a way kids can't resist, and gorgeously illustrated in a way readers of all ages will pour over, this series of interconnected stories and characters explores the alphabet in a way that will forever raise the bar. pIn iOnce Upon an Alphabeti, 1 iNew York Times ibestseller Oliver Jeffers ha