Product Description

An alphabet book with a story about two children and their pet gazelle who head off, treasure map in hand, on an underground journey into a place where monsters and pirates roam. Will they find the treasure? Will they get out alive? Will the alphabet ever be the same again?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #89173 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

About the Author
Neil Gaiman lives in the USA where he writes books for children, screenplays (Beowulf) and novels for adults, including Stardust - also now a major film, and Anansi Boys. Gris Grimly also lives in the USA and is a regular contributor to the world of children's books.

Customer Reviews

Delightful and nighmarish
It's a book of gorgeous art, however it's also very insubstantial. I'm not quite sure who I'd recommend this to - I normally associate Gaiman's stuff with something to get my teeth into, as it were, but this is basically just 50 lines or so of charming doggerel verse, with some cute pictures. It has made a nice talking point for house visitors, though, some of whom have never read any Gaiman, so it does have its uses!

dangerous alphabet
so much fun. great pictures and as usual with Gaiman's work, great for adults too

Disappointing and faintly disturbing
Neil Gaiman is normally outstanding but this book disappointed on many levels. The images are superb, of course, but terrifying. The story, on the other hand, is either banal or so obscure as to be incomprehensible. I'm not sure who the intended audience is. Children of an age to be interested in 'traditional' alphabet books would be traumatised by the story (such as it is) and the images. If it is intended as a story-book, why confuse it by introducing the alphabet concept? Sorry, this one just didn't work for me at all. Try 'Blueberry Girl' instead - that one's pure gold.