A shadow on the fender of a yellow school bus forms a B an ordinary double-paned window is an E when viewed from the side the handle on a pencil sharpener is an L two metal bookends next to one another form an M an upturned toilet seat is a perfect U. No matter the inspiration, though, the artwork within will surely have readers looking at the world from all different angles and perspectives and appreciating the beauty in the mundane. In an introductory note, Johnson says his inspiration was a partially eaten peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich his daughter brought home from school: it formed a perfect letter G (and is the basis for the page featuring that letter). (STARRED REVIEW) The multiple-award-winning illustrator takes a page from his own book-Alphabet City (1995), that is-and creates a graphic-alphabet book that will have students searching their own schools for letters. “This is not only a beautiful book, but one that transforms the way we view the world.” - Hungry Mind Review, A 1996 Children’s Book of Distinction Award ![]() Johnson “built” his city by finding capital letters in lampposts, fire escapes, the Brooklyn Bridge, even negative space and rendering them stunningly with pastels, watercolors, gouache, and charcoal.” - Linda Hall, New York Magazine ![]() “The Library of Congress cataloged Alphabet City as “juvenile literature,” which will probably do nothing to keep grow-ups from filching their kids’ copies of the book. This simple yet astonishing book invites parents and children to find the hidden letters in everyday surroundings.” - Parents Magazine, A Parents Pick of the Year “A thoroughly original look at the alphabet, exactly the way it appears to children in an urban landscape. Very very cleverly done.” - Charles Gibson, Good Morning America, ABC Television “I went into a bookstore and I found a book that I just fell in love with. A book to savor again and again.” - Horn Book Magazine, starred review All are imaginative, stimulating, and striking. “The pictorial equivalents of “found poetry,” the twenty-six studies command attention and encourage readers to conduct similar explorations of their own. “Celebrating the lines, curves and shapes of the letters, Johnson elevates the alphabet into art… A visual tour de force, Johnson’s ingenious alphabet book transcends the genre by demanding close inspection of not just letters, but the world.” - Publishers Weekly, starred review From the sawhorse that forms an “A” to the fire escape that makes a “Z,” every one of these richly colored full pages is a pleasure to behold.” - Paul Goldberger, The New York Times Book Review Johnson in Alphabet City must be the most beautiful set of images in a children’s book since Chris Van Allsburg’s Polar Express appeared a decade ago. ![]() He focused on issues such as communications technology, ways in which innovation affects government policy an daily lives, copyright and intellectual property, and the impact of developments in online technology and social media on the economy and lives of Americans.A NEW YORK TIMES BEST ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEARĪ GOLD MEDAL FROM THE SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS He is the author of eight books: Interface Culture: How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate (1999) Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software (2002) Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life (2005) Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter (2005) The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How it Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (2006) Īuthor Steven Johnson, co-founder and editor-in-chief of FEED, the former science and culture web magazine, talked about his life, career, and body of…Īuthor Steven Johnson, co-founder and editor-in-chief of FEED, the former science and culture web magazine, talked about his life, career, and body of work and responded to telephone calls and electronic communicatons. He focused on issues such as communications technology, ways in which innovation affects government policy an daily lives, copyright and intellectual property, and the impact of developments in online technology and social media on the economy and lives of Americans. T00:00:00-04:00 Author Steven Johnson, co-founder and editor-in-chief of FEED, the former science and culture web magazine, talked about his life, career, and body of work and responded to telephone calls and electronic communicatons.
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