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Architect, writer, and educator Michael J. Crosbie is the award-winning author of or contributor to more than 70 books on architecture and design. He writes and lectures on architecture in the U.S. and abroad, and teaches at the University of Hartford. Steve Rosenthal is a photographer who has run an architectural photography business with his wife, Kit, for the past 40 years. Trained as an architect, Steve is a graduate of Yale and the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Kit also studied architecture at Harvard, and has been a public-school library volunteer for the past dozen years.
"""With so many alphabet books on the market, do we really need another? In this case, the answer is a resounding yes, mainly because here the alphabet is not the focus but rather a device to introduce kids to neat architectural features--balcony, finial, gargoyle, quoin, and the like. Each entry includes a clever four-line verse by Crosbie--an architect himself--and a striking picture by the Rosenthals, who run a business specializing in architectural photography. Here's what Crosbie writes for the letter ""V"": ""A hole in the wall / To bring fresh air through. / Could this vent be home / To a small bird or two?"" On the final four pages, each term is more succinctly defined, and readers learn where all 26 photos were shot. This is a top-notch primer."" --Stephen Del Vecchio and Blake Hume Rodman"
