Readers who have been to a state or county fair will appreciate how Debra Frasier evokes the dazzling, dizzying feel of midway in this alphabet book. Those who’ve never been to a fair will get a vicarious sense of the fun on a stroll through these pages. There’s so much to look at on every page. Each letter of the alphabet is represented by a word or words naming common sights at a fair ( A rena, B arn, E at E verything, I ce Cream, R oller Coaster). The accompanying image incorporates the letter of the alphabet multiple times in a motif that shouts out in carnival-bright colors. (Ages 3–6)

Alphabet letters of all sorts of shapes and sizes and styles—from blinking neon ones, to unusual old-style graphic ones to rustic hand-painted ones have been photographed and collaged together into an exuberant, eye-popping, letter-and-word-finding tour of the glories of the state fair. Bursting with with bright, bold illustrations of favorite fair elements like dill pickles and Ferris wheels and midway games, here is an alphabet-exploring adventure like no other!