Publisher Annotation: G is determined to go first in the alphabet, but does that mean reading will be destroyed? This witty picture book about the order of the alphabet is laugh-out-loud funny!

Each letter of the alphabet features information about a creature that no longer exists.

"With its nutty conceit, retro aesthetic (these sets could be from the '50s), and delicious sense of language, Oakley the Squirrel: The Search for Z is an alphabet book like no other. In it, we meet Little Oakley as he embarks on a quest to find the letter Z. He searches through an alphabet of human objects-looks beneath the Bed, claws through the Closet, digs through Drawers, examines his Easel, and so on. By the time he gets to a basket of yarn,...

This is the third in our series of unique, non-fiction bilingual alphabet books. This culturally relevant book features the life and the history of the vaquero (cowboy). It includes many concepts like rodeo and lasso that emerged with the arrival of the Spaniards in the New World. Consequently, the cattle industry began and thus, the vaquero terminology was adopted and adapted by the English language. Exposing children to the origin and use of the...

Each letter of the alphabet is illustrated by objects that are associated with the State of Oregon and accompanied by background information.