From the November/December 2007 issue of The Horn Book Magazine

Cadenza
Abecedarians
Badly
Conceived

BY PATRICK JENNINGS

ABC® Is Owned by Disney®: A Corporate Alphabet®

Alcoholism Begins with A: An Addiction ABC

Asphyxiating Zoë: Choking Hazards A to Z

BFD

Chechnya Chechnya Boom Boom

The Fat-Free ABC

Halfabet: An Abridged Alphabet for the Busy Toddler

Incubus & Succubus’s ABCs of Love

K, K, K, Let’s Hear It for K!

The Other Halfabet

The Rhinoplasty Resulted in Respiratory Arrest: A Cosmetic Surgery Alphabet

Slaughterhouse ABC

V for Viagra: A Pop-Up ABC

We Got Fired by Donald Trump: A Roll Call of the Downsized

Xay Isway orfay Ylophonexay: Away Igpay Atinlay ABCway

The Z Was Zeppo: A Vaudeville in Twenty-Six Acts

Writing an ABC book isn't exactly as easy as . . . well, you know. Patrick Jennings (Wish Riders; the Ike and Mem books; Barb & Dingbat's Crybaby Hotline) presents an alphabetical list of unfortunate attempts. His own abecedarian, Baby-C-D ("E for Ear Infection," "U for Umbilical Cord") remains unpublished.

From the November/December 2007issue of The Horn Book Magazine

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