PICTURE BOOKS
(3) K-3 "A is for alligator / B is for baseball / C is for cars..." and so on. Jarrie knows better than to oversell his patriotic message: his minimal text puts his playfully stately art center stage. The illustrations frequently feature historical images set, appropriately enough, against what look like old painted boards, complete with chips and imperfections ostensibly from an earlier era. Glos.

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