Alphaboat

Alphaboat by Chesworth, Michael. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780374302443.

An alphabet adventure One day i chanced to stop for t and listen to sweet Mellow D, in her old H beside the sea, sing of her long-lost Mister E. She said hed hid a treasure chest out on an I-land to the west. Just where its buried she knew not. But X would surely mark the spot. Come join the letter men of the Alphaboat as they cross the high seas on a treasure-hunting trip! All twenty-six characters are here, from uppercase officers Captain C and Admiral T to lowercase crewmen silent e and sleepy z. Packed with visual and verbal puns, this jaunty picture book salutes nautical yarns of yore as it takes readers where no alphabet book has sailed before. A Junior Library Guild Selection