Thyra Heder

This is such a lovely book that lives on the edge between fact and fantasy. The watercolor illustrations emote the landscapes of home and the arctic beautifully.

We loved how creative this family was at engineering animals for each letter of the alphabet.

I had no idea turtles can hibernate underwater all winter. I was looking for more info and found this great article about how turtles can breathe through their butts. http://theconversation.com/the-secret-to-turtle-hibernation-butt-breathing-86727

Amazing illustrations! Trying to guess which animal at the zoo scares the youngest daughter, a super-creative family goes through the whole alphabet re-creating the animals with props and costumes from household items. What fun!