Mumbo Jumbo

by Roberts Michael

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Wizards, skeletons, spells, sorcerers, and dragons ll this second lavishly produced children's book by acclaimed New Yorker-cover artist Michael Roberts. In verse and in cutout collages, Roberts takes children on a mystical journey through the alphabet from "Abracadabra" to "Zombies."

For each letter in the alphabet, Roberts composes a full-page image created with scissors and colored paper. Across from each image, Roberts contributes a poem, ranging from the epigrammatic to the mini-epic. The poem for the letter Y goes like this: in Tibet.

Took him home

to be a pet.

Ate my friends

and family.

Think he's saving

me for tea.

Then there's the one about Mabel the witch, the sneezing dragon, Pumpkin Man, and eyeball stew....

"Mumbo Jumbo" tickles and chills older kids with its witty verse and helps younger children learn the alphabet by matching up letters and pictures.

  • ISBN10 0935112499
  • ISBN13 9780935112498
  • Publish Date 1 November 2000
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Callaway Editions,U.S.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 64
  • Language English