Elephant's foot and Horse's eye are fairly easy. Vulture's talon and Quail's feathers are more challenging. Vivid paintings of such mythical beasts as Firedrake, Wyvern, and Kraken leap off the pages. Each one is accompanied by short descriptions of the myths behind the creatures. Alphabet City .
Urban scenes reveal letter shapes in unexpected places, from water tanks to lampposts.
Johnson's beautiful paintings resemble photographs in their realism. Aardvarks Disembark . This book takes the animal alphabet to new heights, depicting unusual species in reverse alphabetical order. The Alphabet Book. illus. by author. This clever guessing game challenges readers to guess two letters at once, based on visual clues.