Deirdre Baker on City Alphabet; You're Mean, Lily Jean; and Maggie Can't Wait

First letters are squiggles, then they are words. Then the child gets used to seeing print on the page and takes it for granted. But two new picture books return to that first astonishment with print and words, reintroducing children to the play of letters and the haunting challenge a stray word can bring.

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