From an alligator artist painting an apple to a zany zebra balancing a zucchini, 26 cleverly rendered full-page illustrations — depicting letters of the alphabet and appropriate ready-to-color illustrations — teach the ABCs and simple reading skills in large-format pictures and print.

This informative activity book contains 28 delightful coded riddle, find the word, follow the dots, and other fun coloring puzzles. Each one will help children learn how to read and spell as they enjoy coloring and solving problems.

Forty-five charming, ready-to-color illustrations include airplanes, elephants, candy canes, elves, pigs dancing jigs, a kitten blowing bubbles, and more. Each one teaches a basic numbers lesson: counting from 1 to 20, number recognition, and elementary addition and subtraction. Plus, simple rhymes help children remember each fun lesson.

«Even the youngest children can have an easy time learning the alphabet with this charming coloring book. Each letter of the alphabet is illustrated by an object whose name begins with that letter: for example «A is for Apple.» And the miniature format makes this book perfect for little hands.»

Pre-schoolers and other youngsters will delight in these 56 entertaining puzzles. Instead of following numbers, they'll connect letters to form a host of familiar favorites — a balloon, drum, robot, windmill, and other images. Each puzzle features a charming rhymed caption, and the finished pictures will provide coloring fun.

This charming little book is as ideal for Spanish-speaking children learning the alphabet as it is for English-speaking youngsters studying Spanish. Common, ready-to-color objects are paired with one of the 28 letters in the Spanish language it begins with, from avión (airplane) to zapatos (shoes). Plus, all translations — with gender-indicating articles included — appear in a glossary at the back of the book.