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Dr. Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!

"Dr. Seuss takes his wild imagination and fun and turns it into one of the better alphabet books for kids. Every letter includes several appropriate items. They can range from the ordinary, left leg for "L", to the humorous. My family can still tell you exactly what begins with "Q", and we haven’t reread this book in at least 15 years. Parents tired of the standard "A" is for apple, "B" if for ball book will find a breath of fresh air here, too. They’ll be laughing at some of the sentences and enjoying the meter used throughout." - Amazon Review

Dr. Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! is one of the best-selling books of all time with more than 5 million copies sold.

Here is the full text of the book:

Dr. Seuss’s ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book! by Dr. Seuss

BIG A, little a, what begins with A?
Aunt Annie’s alligator.
A...a...A

BIG B, little b, what begins with B?
Barber, baby, bubbles and a bumblebee.

BIG C, little c, what begins with C?
Camel on the ceiling.
C...c...C

BIG D, little d, what begins with D?
Doughnuts and a duck-dog.
D...d...D

BIG E, little e, what begins with E?
Ear, egg, elephant
E...e...E

BIG F, little f, what begins with F?
Four fluffy feathers on a Fiffer-feffer-feff.

BIG G, little g, what begins with G?
Goat and googoo goggles
G...g....G

BIG H, little h, what begins with H?
Hungry horse. Hen in hat.
H...h...H

BIG I, little i, what begins with I?
Itchy, itchy Ichabod.
I...i...I

BIG J, little j, what begins with J?
Jerry Jordan’s jelly jar.
J...j...J

BIG K, little k, what begins with K?
Kangaroo and Kite.
K...k...K

BIG L, little l, what begins with L?
Lion with a lollipop.
L...l...L

BIG M, little m, what begins with M?
Mice in the moonlight.
M...m...M

BIG N, little n, what begins with those?
Nine new neckties, nightshirt, nose.

BIG O, little o, what begins with O?
Ostrich, oil, orange owl.
O...o...O

BIG P, little p, what begins with P?
Painting some pajamas pink.
P...p...P

BIG Q, little q, what begins with Q?
The quick Queen of Quincy and her quacking quacker-oo.

BIG R, little r, what begins with R?
Rosy’s red rhinoceros.
R...r...R

BIG S, little s, what begins with S?
Sammy’s sipping soda pop.
S...s...S

BIG T, little t, what begins with T?
Ten tired turtles on a tuttle-tuttle tree.

BIG U, little u, what begins with U?
Uncle Ubb’s umbrella and his underwear, too.

BIG V, little v, what begins with V?
Vera Violet Vin and her violet violin.

BIG W, little w, what begins with W?
Willy’s in the washtub washing Waldo Woo.

BIG X, little x, what begins with X?
X ray and xylophone.
X...x...X

BIG Y, little y, what begins with Y?
A yawning yellow yak with Yolanda on his back.

BIG Z, little z, what begins with Z?
A Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz as you can plainly see!

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Book information:
Reading age: 2+
Word count: 392
Number of unique words: 133, Word list
Number of pages: 24
Year: 1963
Sales (millions): 5
Links: Amazon, Wikipedia, YouTube, Goodreads, LibraryThing, Common Sense Media, Printables, Lexile

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