Author: William Joyce
Illustrated
by Christina
Ellis
Series: -
Publisher/Source: Simon & Schuster Australia
Pages: 56
Ages: 3-7
Release date: July 2014
Synopsis.
(Goodreads)
From
the team who brought you The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris
Lessmore comes
an alphabet tale extraordinaire!
Once upon a time there was no alphabet, only numbers;
Life was fine. Orderly. Dull as gray paint. Very numberly. But our five jaunty heroes weren’t willing to accept that this was all there could be. They knew there had to be more.
So they broke out hard hats and welders, hammers and glue guns, and they started knocking some numbers together. Removing a piece here. Adding a piece there. At first, it was awful. But the five kept at it, and soon it was artful! One letter after another emerged, until there were twenty-six. Twenty-six letters they were beautiful. All colorful, shiny, and new. Exactly what our heroes didn’t even know they were missing.
And when the letters entered the world, something truly wondrous began to happen; Pizza! Jelly beans! Color! Books!
Based on the award-winning app, this is William Joyce and Moonbot Metropolis-inspired homage to everyone who knows there is more to life than shades of black and gray.
Once upon a time there was no alphabet, only numbers;
Life was fine. Orderly. Dull as gray paint. Very numberly. But our five jaunty heroes weren’t willing to accept that this was all there could be. They knew there had to be more.
So they broke out hard hats and welders, hammers and glue guns, and they started knocking some numbers together. Removing a piece here. Adding a piece there. At first, it was awful. But the five kept at it, and soon it was artful! One letter after another emerged, until there were twenty-six. Twenty-six letters they were beautiful. All colorful, shiny, and new. Exactly what our heroes didn’t even know they were missing.
And when the letters entered the world, something truly wondrous began to happen; Pizza! Jelly beans! Color! Books!
Based on the award-winning app, this is William Joyce and Moonbot Metropolis-inspired homage to everyone who knows there is more to life than shades of black and gray.
Review: 4
out of 5 stars
What first caught our attention when we received this book was the
beautifully detailed cover, Miss 7 loved removing the sheer overlay covering to
check out the hard cover below; it was quite unique.
The next thing we noticed was we had to flip the book around so that it
was lengthwise to read which was a little awkward when tiny miss 7 was holding
the book, it became a bit awkward.
The book goes from black and white muted tones to full vibrant colour by
the end of the book, we really enjoyed this aspect.
The book started off with only numbers existing in a world that was dull
and bland, letters don’t exist so numbers 1-5 gathered to create letters; it was
educational and enjoyable but Miss 7 did point out the importance of numbers in
our world as well.
The illustrations tell a story themselves, they are amazing. The moral
of the story to make change for improvement was done very well and my little
people found the changes entertaining; they loved the way the alphabet and
words came about.
The
Numberly’s was a wonderful experience, we really enjoyed this book and appreciate
the opportunity to read and review it. Thank you to Simon & Schuster
Australia for providing us with a copy.
About
the author: William
Joyce does a lot of stuff—films, apps, Olympic curling—but children’s books are
his true bailiwick (The Numberlys, The Man in the Moon, Nicholas St. North and
the Battle of the Nightmare King, Toothiana, and the #1 New York Times
bestselling The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, which is also an
Academy Award–winning short film, to name a few). He lives with his family in
Shreveport, Louisiana.
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