Frank Carlson Library

The day Gracie loses her favorite book, Elephant finds it. He sniffs the words ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS and--oops--they go up his trunk, where they wiggle and jiggle and make him sneeze. The letters fly through the air helter skelter, and when Elephant tries to put them back together, he can't figure out how to make the right words that fit. He asks his friends for help, but they just choose some of the letters to make up their own words--Alligator...

Over the protests of Owl, a narrator introduces an alphabet consisting entirely of rabbits.

Little T remembers that she was frightened last time her family visited the zoo but not why, so her creative family helps by imitating animals from A to Z until she recalls exactly what caused her fear.

A boy and his dog reel in different letters of the alphabet while on an unusual fishing trip.

Having decided that the letter "R" is not enough for them, a bumbling band of pirates sets sail on a quest to capture the rest of the alphabet.

Paddington and Mr. Gruber enter the Busy Bee Adventure Trail contest and suspect that someone is copying their efforts.

"Ready to go on a camping trip with the Alphabet Academy? F packs fishing poles. J has juice boxes for everyone. T tackles a tent. But X can't think of a thing to bring!" -- Back cover.

The letters of the alphabet team up to rescue C, who is stuck in a garbage can --

When upper case letters disappear from Capital City, Question Mark calls on Private I to investigate.

Illustrations and rhyming text portray an alphabet of animals as they prepare to go to sleep.