I received this book from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange of an honest review.

I just LOVE books featuring ABCs and then especially the original/creative ones. Like with animals. Or with fantasy creatures. So when I saw this one up on Netgalley well I had to read it. Combining two things I love (ABC and Geography)? Sign me up!

My initial thoughts were that this one would be a simple ABC book featuring geography with multiple letters per page and maybe some explanations, but it is much more than that. Each letter has its own page, and not just that there is a delightful big illustration for each letter featuring that place/area with a fun scene or something that encapsulates what it is along with words showing what the sights we see are. I think I would have liked it see more balanced because now some places have 1 or 2 and others have 4+. Like Glacier just mentions the Arctic Stern, but Jungle has Sloth, Monkey, Toucan, Tree Frog, Jaguar. Still, I am happy that the author decided to add words to the sights!

Plus, something I didn’t expect but was delighted to get was that each letter has a description of that geographic location/terms with key words highlighted. For instance for Antarctica words highlighted are coldest, windiest, driest, snow, ice, South Pole. Thus kids now instantly know what kind of words to use to describe that place with and instantly get an easy short way to remember this location/term. Handy, fun, and smart!

I definitely was looking forward to what terms/locations we would get for each letter and I especially was curious for the harder letters, Q, X, Y, Z. While Q and X and Z had no surprises just fun and creativity, Y was a surprise, as I didn’t know what Yandang was! So thank you author for learning this adult a new term!

The letters are mentioned in both capital and lowercase so kids can easy see how each is written.

The illustrations were really fun and I love the style.

All in all, this is one heck of a fun book and I would 100% recommend this one! It will be fun for kids to learn not just the alphabet but also geography and animals/nature. I think they will really enjoy it!