I love Sweet Juniper.
I had the honor of meeting Dutch, Wood and Juniper at BlogHer last year
and they as charming in real life as they are on the internet. When
they put out Sweet Juniper's first alphabet book, Personae Urbana
I bought it right away. It was perfect for me, my kids were still
working on learning the alphabet and I love Dutch's photography.
Now there is a new one. This book is called Fabulae Urbana
(spell check cannot handle Dutch and his Latin badassery, or me and my
made up words, like badassery. Hell, it might not even be Latin.). This
book is also a graffiti alphabet, but each letter represents a myth or
a mythological person or creature. It looks beautiful, and odds are I
will be buying this one too.
Keep your eye out. Dutch mentioned
that he is working on more accessible alphabet books if this one seems
like a little much for you. As for me, I'll just end up with a whole
shelf full of these things to show my grandchildren. My kids have
learned the alphabet already.
