NMC Humanities instructor Caroline Schaefer-Hills proudly wishes to announce the launch of her children’s book, The Annotated Alphabet- A Vocabulary for Children on Kickstarter.
“The Annotated Alphabet- A Vocabulary for Children is a beautifully whimsical, yet contemporary, surreal children’s book that opens the alphabet by using exceptional words that stress a language revival while encouraging word play and poetry. A romping prose style features advanced words for a child’s alphabet book, exposing the reader / listener to the pearls our language has to offer, instead of the “A is for Apple” treacle that has become the traditional artifact of this genre. Paired with modern graphic design and daring oil paintings as illustration, this book brightens and deepens the classroom experience or your child’s library and is at home on the coffee table, in gallery, or with modern design readings.
With at least three complex words used on each page, annotations (as tear-off bookmarks) provide definitions and linguistic classification, usage and word origin for each. A primer introducing pronunciation, etymology and poetry structure would be included as well as extra words to encourage active word play and hands-on classroom or home activity.”
To learn more about her book, see The Annotated Alphabet- A Vocabulary for Children on Kickstarter.