W Is for Wapiti!: An Alphabet Songbook [With CD (Audio)] - Hardcover

by Christiane Duchesne (Author), Geneviève Côté (Illustrator)

Go beyond the ABCs with this zany alphabet songbook. Learn the alphabet while meeting a host of zany characters like a friendly ghost who delivers fruit-filled flan on bicycle, a twisted turtle who feels a tad bare under her shell, and a curious cricket named Simon. The accompanying CD features a fusion of rock, pop, world, and folk music across 24 singalong songs that invite children on a wild musical odyssey through the letters A to Z. A wide array of instruments are featured in the tunes, among them the xylophone, glockenspiel, and pedal steel guitar. Children are sure to clap their hands and join in on the theme song, "Sing It Again," at the end.

Author Biography

Christiane Duchesne is the author of more than 60 children's books, including A Picnic in the Sun, A Feast Beneath the Moon, The Loonies Arrive and W is for Wapiti!. She is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award and was a finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award. Geneviève Côté has illustrated several children's books, including the Governor General Literary Award-winning La petite rapporteuse de mots and Without You, which won the Marilyn Baillie Award. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and The Boston Globe.