{"product_id":"the-alphabet-thief-9781554988778","title":"The Alphabet Thief","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen night falls, along comes a peculiar thief who steals each letter of the alphabet, creating a topsy-turvy world as she goes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe alphabet thief stole all of the B's, and all of the bowls became owls...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt seems that no one can stop her, until the Z's finally send her to sleep so that all the other letters can scamper back to where they belong. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBill Richardson's zany rhymes and Roxanna Bikadoroff's hilarious illustrations will delight young readers with the silly fun they can have with language -- and may even inspire budding young writers and artists to create their own word games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrelates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4\u003cbr\u003eAsk and answer questions about unknown words in a text.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Richardson\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of Canada's Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour and former CBC Radio personality and author, has written several highly acclaimed books for children. They include \u003ci\u003eThe Aunts Come Marching\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Cynthia Nugent, winner of the Time to Read Award (distributed to schools throughout British Columbia) and the children's novel \u003ci\u003eAfter Hamelin\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Ontario Library Association's Silver Birch Award. Bill lives in Vancouver. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoxanna Bikadoroff\u003c\/b\u003e's illustrations have been published internationally for more than twenty-five years. She has won numerous awards, many of them National Magazine Awards, including Best Illustration (Gold). She recently collaborated with Bill Richardson on a collection of poems for adults. This is her first children's book. Roxanna lives in Vancouver.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Groundwood Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527823167762,"sku":"9781554988778","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11c8f96b-f2b1-4b0d-86d6-b94c4b662454.jpg?v=1731314838","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-alphabet-thief-9781554988778","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}