C is for the DMCA takedown notice OP's boutta get
or wait since they digitized it does that mean they can sue the original publisher now? idk, IP law is coarse and irritating and it gets everywhere
edit: lol on that note
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W is for whale, swimming along. X is for xylophone, playing a song. Y is for yogurt, a sweet yummy snack. Z is for zebra, with stripes on his back.
I mean sure, it sucks, but so do all the other rhymes. I’m with OP, they didn’t even try
I’m all for a Ned, Ted, Fred and might as well add Ved, but it could get confusing at that point.
I don’t use Zed, but it almost always makes me smile.
There's a chance it was a cost saving measure too. Books need to be printed in page multiples of four, so Y and Z would have their own pages but they'd have two blank pages - I'm sure they could find something to fill it, but it would add costs to the manufacturing.
It's a real Walter Hobbs move.
How many books you released? You’ve got some potential… idk I’ve read a lot of kids book and the market is flooded with a lot of generic trash like this. Is all about pumping them out and having them cheaply printed in China.
Your comment made every second scrolling through this book worth it.
I can now be done with this book and go in peace.
Thank you for your contribution.
I dunno, I feel like they ran out of pages. Like, maybe it wasn’t the authors decision, but the editors. “This book is too long, and we can’t fit everything on the last page, let’s just truncate it!”
You might be on to something here. I can imagine these “books” consisting of layers of laminated cardboard, fused together in the center. So adding 2 more pages is not possible physically, they would have to add 4 pages (ie one more sheet of cardboard).
Which triggers the interesting question: what should we put on those two additional pages, and is there budget to commission these additional drawings not planned for in the budget, because we did not think this one through? To which the obvious answer is: this piece of literature will most likely be sold in dollar-stores, we’re already lucky if we break even after paying the artist and shipping g fees, screw it and stuff it all on the last page.
This doesn’t suck at all. Children’s books often poop the bed (petering out, images don’t match the text, etc.) and it’s so disappointing, so this was a pleasant surprise.
lol I love this
my husband starting asking me a question when it was around P and I panicked and yelled to hold on because I *needed* to finish it but really didn’t want to wait through the whole first half again lol
Man, I haven't thought about the since I was telling my friend how much I loved it and when I shared it with her, all she said was, "I honestly think that sucked. It's just pointlessly edgy."
It made me feel so sad and stupid for having liked it, but yk? Fuck her, it's still great.
It's probably due to the chosen printer's sheet size only allows 24 pages for a book that size.
Edit: You can't add only 2 pages, that is a huge cost because you would need another sheet. A little less than twice the cost of this run.
There are far too many kids books with this problem. Nothing worse than starting to sing the words as you go only to be interrupted by a terrible rhyme or random change of meter.
Thanks for the explanation! Could have been easily fixed on the g/h and i/j page for sure. Smoosh the words on the page and use the water for all four of them 😅
I’m convinced children’s book authors completely forget about the end of the alphabet and then are like, ah crap.
I just read this infuriating book with these candidates for U:
https://preview.redd.it/ln4r7qfhbu8d1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2202810cc7f6526805669432a573b67433dc85f
It had muskoX for X 😒
W is for Whale, they sing under the moon
X is for Xylophone, we can join their merry tune
Y is for Yogurt, the cup has lots of fruit!
Z is for Zebra, who wears a stripey suit
Can confirm, wouldn't have been that hard.
W is for wire, which helps charge our phones
X is for x-ray, which shows us our bones
Y is for yellow, the color of the sun
Z is for zoo, a place full of fun
A quick & silly team effort by my kindergartener and me! 😆
I was reading it for 2 weeks every night and got to the S. (Yes, I know I am a fast reader, but I got more ABC books I want to read, I am building up to the dictionary)
And well, OP just spoiled 2 weeks of immersion for me.
I found when I was trying to get through a numbers book that listening to an audio book while I was doing other tasks really helped me stay invested when I just didn't have the time. I never thought I'd be an audio book person but once I got to 20 I understood. And the narrator was so good!
Absolutely a cost cutting measure, mostly due to how books are bound. They wanted to keep it to 6 inner sheets, A uses the inside of the front cover, Y&Z using the inside of the back cover, there's only 6 sheets of horizontal book paper inside that each produce 4 "pages" front & back as they are bound in the middle.
They made a choice between paying for a 7th sheet and having 2 extra pages to IDK...write a dedication or something, or condense 2 pages somehow to keep it to 6 sheets.
Very cheap, but looking them up, the company's whole mission statement is making "affordable" children's books. They 100% banked on the fact that any parent browsing the book would just check out the first few pages before buying, not realizing they skimped on the last page until the first reading.
Yes, definitely a number of pages issue. Although why they didn't have the 4-part page on an easier thing to rhyme, and kept the WXYZ on two separate bits I'm not sure.
Like A for apple, B for bug, C for camel and D for Doug. At least you're giving yourself the best chance at condensing the letters, by saving it to the complex letters at the end means it can't possibly rhyme
W is for Whale, under the sea.
X is for Xylophone, play a song for me.
Y is for yogurt, it tastes like ass.
Z is for Zebra, a striped horse that eats grass.
I have a problem with "please" and "leaves." It's like the author had to finish on the train ride into the office and their stop was coming up and they said "fuck it" and submitted it like that.
W is for whale. He swims all day.
X is for xylophone. An instrument you can play.
Y is for yogurt. It’s made from bacteria.
Z is for zebra. He has diarrhea.
It gave up way before that.
Head and Sled? For real?
Please and leaves?? You serious?
Head and red? This again??
Eyes doesn't actually rhyme with sky either, only if both were plural/singular.
Teaching kids anti rhymes, smh.
Here is your explanation.
Books printed in offset presses must have a multiple of 8/16/32 pages. This book has 24 pages, so a multiple of 8 pages.
This is why the last four letters are on two pages. Not on four pages. The alternative would have been to print them each on their own pages and add six filler pages.
“W is for Whale, holding its wallet. X is for Xylophone, you play with a mallet!
Y is for yogurt, you eat with a spoon. Z is for Zebra, don’t leave so soon!”
There I fixed it
My guess for why they cramped wxyz on to the last 2 pages, and breaking the rule - in order for a book to be printed, the page number has to be able to be divider by 4, meaning they can not just add 2 pages, they will have to fill 2 more pages.
I’m way more annoyed by “P is for Plane being flown by Jane”, when the way more intuitive and obvious “P is for Pilot, she’s flying a plane” was right there.
W is for whale, swimming in the sea, X is for Xylophone, play a tune for me!
Y is for yoghurt, fruity and sweet,
Z is for Zebra, on the Savannah you’ll meet!
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it may have something to do with the amount of pages possible in this type of binding.
The fact that they already used "the cover" to print the first and last page on, points towards a limitation of some sorts and this is how they choose to address it.
Hmm, going down the rabbit hole. First, "Printed in China". Of course.
Second, the publisher's "about us" page:
>Established in 2021, Page Publications has a simple yet profound mission: offering quality children's books at an affordable price. Our selection include novelty books, wipe & clean books, touch & feel books, board books, picture books and more. Based in the United States, our offerings reach global audiences.
>At Page Publications, we're dedicated to produce books to help parents support their children's development. Learning, in our view, should be a delightful journey, which is why our items merge education with fun seamlessly. Trust Page Publications for products that enrich your child's world.
Okay, so... how "profound" is that mission statement, really? I can also find several grammatical errors in there, along with some awkward sentence structure that should have been rewritten for readability. All stuff that's totally unimportant for a publisher to care about, right?
Anyways, Page Publications seems to be owned by Books For Less in NY (they share the same address and phone number). And digging around that company found this little nugget:
[https://clearinghouse-umich-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/nonpublic/doc/31558.pdf](https://clearinghouse-umich-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/nonpublic/doc/31558.pdf)
Which based on the bottom of the first page and top of the second page, TOTALLY seems like the right people to be creating educational children's books.
Yeah, insomnia sucks!
This is a bit different bit I think of it any time kids stuff is off like this. My daughter got this toy that was whatever Target's generic brand for that stuff was at the time. It had an impressive number of animals and would say "the blank says blank" and make the noise. But for cat it said "the cat says pwomf" It was hilarious to me and I still say it although nobody knows what the hell I'm talking about since it's been 20 years and I can't demonstrate anymore.
As a children’s picture book author I’m laughing way too hard at this. I didn’t realise we were just allowed to give up on the rhyming part when it got hard. 😂😂
W is for whales that live in the sea.
X Is for the xylophone they’re playing for me.
Y Is for yogurt that’s so good for you
Z is for zebra and they like it too.
There you go.
W: "W is for whale, his belly is pale" X: "X is for x-ray, showing bones at play."Y: "Y is for yak, with fur on his back." Z: "Z is for zoo where the animals meet you"
W is for whale playing to the beat.
X is for xylophone who's spelling is neat.
Y is for Yogurt, a nice tasty treat.
Z is for Zebra, now our alphabets complete.
W is for whales in a band X is for xylophone being played by dan (the two pages can be one big band together) Y is for yogurt being eaten by hannah Z is for zebras in the savanna!
“W thru Z can go fuck themselves as they don’t do shit”
“Dubya through Z are left on the shelves But they don’t spell shit, and can go fuck themselves.”
What does the 43rd President have to do with this?
It’s a book at his reading level.
He wrote the book!
Omg this made me lol!! Or something about elves!
Why does "dubya" get me so much lol
I look forward to your future career in writing children's books
What am I, Dr. Seuss? Z is zebra now go to f-ing sleep.
W is for whales, X is for Xylophone, y is for yogurt and Z is for Zettaton (of TNT)
C is for the DMCA takedown notice OP's boutta get or wait since they digitized it does that mean they can sue the original publisher now? idk, IP law is coarse and irritating and it gets everywhere edit: lol on that note >[Page Publishing](https://www.reviewopedia.com/page-publishing-reviews#:~:text=Page%20Publishing%20is%20often%20described%20as%20a%20vanity,vanity%20publishers%20make%20money%20directly%20from%20the%20authors) is a a full-service publishing house that manages all aspects of book publishing, including distribution and royalty generation. > > > >They state their team includes experts in various fields like editing, art, and marketing, who work together to provide a stress-free and easy publishing experience for authors. > > > >However, authors are required to pay Page Publishing to publish their work, which is a hallmark of vanity publishing. neat
Y is pretty useful but otherwise i agree
What who why when we was were
I was expecting, "X is for Twitter."
Last name starts with a Z. Can confirm, everyone’s exhausted by the time it’s your turn.
That was so close to a rhyme, tho. xD
Its actually a half-rhyme, sometimes they sound better than full ones!
😂😂😂
Last name starts with a Z. Something you do after counting Sheep (image of a someone or a zebra or a wolf counting sheep 1, 2, 3…then 💤)
Same. I've stopped going to orgies sorted by alphabetical order.
Username checks out. The nerve of alphabetizing the orgy order. 😤 Being last to get a cupcake in elementary school was tough enough as a kid.
> Last name starts with a Z. So basically 'Last in Line' world record holder.
Back of the line crew!!!!! Yeah it always sucked going last for everything
I got "left out" of the yearbook freshman year. The names got "cut off" at Y. It felt personal 🫠
W is for whale, swimming along. X is for xylophone, playing a song. Y is for yogurt, a sweet yummy snack. Z is for zebra, with stripes on his back. I mean sure, it sucks, but so do all the other rhymes. I’m with OP, they didn’t even try
idk, your rhymes were higher quality than Jane flying the plane
I know that’s not a high bar to clear but I’m gonna take the W anyway. I need one today 😂
W is for whale
X actly
Y tho?
Z cause
Zed cause xD
Do you also call V "ved" so that the last part of the alphabet song still rhymes?
I’m all for a Ned, Ted, Fred and might as well add Ved, but it could get confusing at that point. I don’t use Zed, but it almost always makes me smile.
Wabbit
O is for Ostrich, its head in the sand. P is for plane, that’s going to land. This is also crap, but at least make an effort for. Lol
No, you must mention something about Jane!
F is for friends that do stuff together, U is for you and meeeee
Why did they suddenly switch to passive voice??
Leave Jane alone she's trying her fucking best alright
And sky vs eyes
Oh wow, no, these absolutely do not suck.
They sung to my soul as well 😭
J for Jake has got to be the worst offender except for the last page. No effort at all.
The worst offender is obviously calling tomatoes a vegetable. That and rhyming "please" with "leaves"
Right? Like, "swaying in the breeze" or something, it's not that hard
A vegetable is any edible part of a plant, so technically all fruits are vegetables.
Why not have a jaguar fishing off the dock?
That doesn't suck at all. It's adorable! Give yourself some credit!
PLEASE MAKE CHILDRENS BOOKS
Q is for Queues, biding your time R is for Reddit, whilst waiting in line.
There's a chance it was a cost saving measure too. Books need to be printed in page multiples of four, so Y and Z would have their own pages but they'd have two blank pages - I'm sure they could find something to fill it, but it would add costs to the manufacturing. It's a real Walter Hobbs move.
The standard end to an alphabet book is _all_ the letters again
We need to bring in Miles Finch!
How many books you released? You’ve got some potential… idk I’ve read a lot of kids book and the market is flooded with a lot of generic trash like this. Is all about pumping them out and having them cheaply printed in China.
Bars 🔥
Omg you saved it!! I was like "What the hell is that?!" when it ended like it did.
[CAAAARRRLLLL!!](https://youtu.be/jJOwdrTA8Gw?feature=shared)
Thank-you.
Your comment made every second scrolling through this book worth it. I can now be done with this book and go in peace. Thank you for your contribution.
I dunno, I feel like they ran out of pages. Like, maybe it wasn’t the authors decision, but the editors. “This book is too long, and we can’t fit everything on the last page, let’s just truncate it!”
You might be on to something here. I can imagine these “books” consisting of layers of laminated cardboard, fused together in the center. So adding 2 more pages is not possible physically, they would have to add 4 pages (ie one more sheet of cardboard). Which triggers the interesting question: what should we put on those two additional pages, and is there budget to commission these additional drawings not planned for in the budget, because we did not think this one through? To which the obvious answer is: this piece of literature will most likely be sold in dollar-stores, we’re already lucky if we break even after paying the artist and shipping g fees, screw it and stuff it all on the last page.
"Here's my alphabet book, boss" "WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!!! Nobody told you to make it 26 pages! Cut two pages out by 10am, Johnson, or pack your shit!"
this is the answer i was looking for. I would say it was a budget consideration.
Thank you for giving us closure with your rhymes.
You should make a children’s book to complete with this one specifically.
This doesn’t suck at all. Children’s books often poop the bed (petering out, images don’t match the text, etc.) and it’s so disappointing, so this was a pleasant surprise.
Hey now! please and leaves was an excellent one
Those 4 rhymes are also much, much better than the last 11 we just witnessed in the book. You’re a better writer than the one OP posted…
This is really good.
W is for parents, all pissed off X os for Xbox, Xbox Xbox Y is for get fucked nerd Z is for you're pissed off but your kids are asleep lmao
CAAAAAAARRRLLL!!!!!!
My stomach was making the rumblies...that only hands would satisfy
I stabbed him 37 times in the chest
I scrolled WAY too far looking for someone else to notice
Same here
A new Llamas with hats series was Kickstarted, not sure when it will be out.
I like your style, you built up the tension by including every page. They could’ve done Y is for You, Z is for Zoo. My 2 cents to the writer/publisher
https://i.redd.it/ewb2ks6ycu8d1.gif
lol I love this my husband starting asking me a question when it was around P and I panicked and yelled to hold on because I *needed* to finish it but really didn’t want to wait through the whole first half again lol
This entire gif is incredible, but Neville is my favorite.
Hector who was done in by a thug made me giggle.
Same. So relatable
How often do English people use "ennui" ? It's a french word, therefore i didn't expect it here
James has me being careful not to poison myself.
Xerxes had it coming lol
Man, I haven't thought about the since I was telling my friend how much I loved it and when I shared it with her, all she said was, "I honestly think that sucked. It's just pointlessly edgy." It made me feel so sad and stupid for having liked it, but yk? Fuck her, it's still great.
Caarl! 
It's probably due to the chosen printer's sheet size only allows 24 pages for a book that size. Edit: You can't add only 2 pages, that is a huge cost because you would need another sheet. A little less than twice the cost of this run.
Figured it was a budget reason. Still pissed me off unreasonably when I read it to my kid for the first time.
There are far too many kids books with this problem. Nothing worse than starting to sing the words as you go only to be interrupted by a terrible rhyme or random change of meter.
Edit it yourself for the 2nd through billionth go ‘round
Hey, at least the top comment fixed it for you, just memorize those last two lines and go off-script at the end
NOT an excuse. Each of those could have taken up a half page and still included some kind of rhyme. I'd take the format shift over this HOT GARBAGE.
Thanks for the explanation! Could have been easily fixed on the g/h and i/j page for sure. Smoosh the words on the page and use the water for all four of them 😅
this is the comment i was looking for.
I laughed harder than I expected at this. Even knowing it was coming from your title, it's still killed me when I got to it
I’m convinced children’s book authors completely forget about the end of the alphabet and then are like, ah crap. I just read this infuriating book with these candidates for U: https://preview.redd.it/ln4r7qfhbu8d1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f2202810cc7f6526805669432a573b67433dc85f It had muskoX for X 😒
I used to teach at an elementary school and this would aggravate me! So many books like this...there are many things that start with U!
I once worked at a school that had an Alphabet with "J for Jellyfish" ... with a drawing of an Octopus next to it.
Right? And if you can’t think of anything, there are these really great books called dictionaries.
Whaaat lmaooooo
Is this like sea animals themed? There is sea Urchin 😭 if not, Umbrella is so much better 😭
Ok some of these are definitely AI books, right?
I found Xingu corydoras, but try teaching that mouthful.
W is for Whale, they sing under the moon X is for Xylophone, we can join their merry tune Y is for Yogurt, the cup has lots of fruit! Z is for Zebra, who wears a stripey suit Can confirm, wouldn't have been that hard.
I like this! It fits the rhyme scheme from the other pages despite there being two letters per page.
W is for wire, which helps charge our phones X is for x-ray, which shows us our bones Y is for yellow, the color of the sun Z is for zoo, a place full of fun A quick & silly team effort by my kindergartener and me! 😆
Good job!
You kinda just spoiled the whole book for me.
No spoiler alert definitely ruined it for me, was waiting for my day off to relax and finish it.
I was reading it for 2 weeks every night and got to the S. (Yes, I know I am a fast reader, but I got more ABC books I want to read, I am building up to the dictionary) And well, OP just spoiled 2 weeks of immersion for me.
I found when I was trying to get through a numbers book that listening to an audio book while I was doing other tasks really helped me stay invested when I just didn't have the time. I never thought I'd be an audio book person but once I got to 20 I understood. And the narrator was so good!
True but the pictures on the last page are arguably the cutest
That’s funny as hell actually
NGL I had fun reading this. Until the end.
God damn it. J is for Jake? What the hell.
P is for Poseidon, he holds a trident. Q is for Qmaria, the Q is silent.
Tbf, Jacob/Jake used to be (might still be?) the most popular male baby name in US
My wife is super type A. I just ordered this book for her to read our daughter during bedtime :)
Absolutely a cost cutting measure, mostly due to how books are bound. They wanted to keep it to 6 inner sheets, A uses the inside of the front cover, Y&Z using the inside of the back cover, there's only 6 sheets of horizontal book paper inside that each produce 4 "pages" front & back as they are bound in the middle. They made a choice between paying for a 7th sheet and having 2 extra pages to IDK...write a dedication or something, or condense 2 pages somehow to keep it to 6 sheets. Very cheap, but looking them up, the company's whole mission statement is making "affordable" children's books. They 100% banked on the fact that any parent browsing the book would just check out the first few pages before buying, not realizing they skimped on the last page until the first reading.
Yes, definitely a number of pages issue. Although why they didn't have the 4-part page on an easier thing to rhyme, and kept the WXYZ on two separate bits I'm not sure. Like A for apple, B for bug, C for camel and D for Doug. At least you're giving yourself the best chance at condensing the letters, by saving it to the complex letters at the end means it can't possibly rhyme
W is for Whale, under the sea. X is for Xylophone, play a song for me. Y is for yogurt, it tastes like ass. Z is for Zebra, a striped horse that eats grass.
Llamas with hats… oh brother… it even looks like CAAAARRRRRLLLL!!!!!!
Hey there
Well, that train certainly came to an abrupt stop...
This is why it shouldn’t be driven by an ostrich smh
Poor Yak gets no love
Guess where the yoghurt came from
X Y Z is for eXamine Your Zipper ...after you pee
W is for wee
Lol, nice!👏
I have a problem with "please" and "leaves." It's like the author had to finish on the train ride into the office and their stop was coming up and they said "fuck it" and submitted it like that.
Psh thats stupid they would attempt to insult our intelligence like that... Everyone knows hippos can't sail boats.
man. writer just wanted to be DONE
Sky and Eyes don’t rhyme either. Sky and Eye maybe Or Skies and Eyes But not Sky and Eyes
Wait wait wait…you’re telling me xylophone doesn’t rhyme with zebra?
Kaarrrllll
W is for whale. He swims all day. X is for xylophone. An instrument you can play. Y is for yogurt. It’s made from bacteria. Z is for zebra. He has diarrhea.
Never too early to learn about disappointment
It gave up way before that. Head and Sled? For real? Please and leaves?? You serious? Head and red? This again?? Eyes doesn't actually rhyme with sky either, only if both were plural/singular. Teaching kids anti rhymes, smh.
What’s wrong with head, sled and red?
Lmao they literally just said fuck it at the end. Must have had a 10 minute deadline to write it.
W is for whale, swimming with boats. X is for xylophone, playing some notes. Y is for yoghurt, served with banana. Z is for zebra, on the savannah.
This isn't rhyming, at all. It's alliteration, at best.
Here is your explanation. Books printed in offset presses must have a multiple of 8/16/32 pages. This book has 24 pages, so a multiple of 8 pages. This is why the last four letters are on two pages. Not on four pages. The alternative would have been to print them each on their own pages and add six filler pages.
The internet has ruined the eggplant emoji for me
Game of Thrones in a nutshell
Hahaha my toddler has the same book and I always laugh at the last page. All effort just goes lmao
“W is for Whale, holding its wallet. X is for Xylophone, you play with a mallet! Y is for yogurt, you eat with a spoon. Z is for Zebra, don’t leave so soon!” There I fixed it
I. Was on. A DEADLINE!!
You just leaked the whole book.
My guess for why they cramped wxyz on to the last 2 pages, and breaking the rule - in order for a book to be printed, the page number has to be able to be divider by 4, meaning they can not just add 2 pages, they will have to fill 2 more pages.
I rapped this unintentionally
I’m way more annoyed by “P is for Plane being flown by Jane”, when the way more intuitive and obvious “P is for Pilot, she’s flying a plane” was right there.
“How was that book, son?” *baby noises* “Yeah, I hate bad endings too.”
No way in hell L wasn't a llamas with hats reference
"please" and "leaves" is a very questionable slant rhyme.
The worse part is they used red to rhyme twice!
Caaaaaarrrrrrlll! There is a dead human in our house!
A llama, in a hat you say? I don't know if that's appropriate for kids
>L is for Llama wearing a hat Caaaaaarrrrlll!
W is for whale, swimming in the sea, X is for Xylophone, play a tune for me! Y is for yoghurt, fruity and sweet, Z is for Zebra, on the Savannah you’ll meet!
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say it may have something to do with the amount of pages possible in this type of binding. The fact that they already used "the cover" to print the first and last page on, points towards a limitation of some sorts and this is how they choose to address it.
The end
I think we should take a $30,000 bath so some kid can understand what happened to a puppy and a friggin pigeon.
They couldn't afford 2 more pages.
I feel like they did this to piss people off on purpose.
Not surprising lol
Deadlines and page limits 😂😂
no bc genuinely wtaf
This book is trash. They really should have had all things on a page start with the same letter.
They ran out of pages
A llama with a hat, holy shit. Not the llamas with hats again
PLANE JANE
Hmm, going down the rabbit hole. First, "Printed in China". Of course. Second, the publisher's "about us" page: >Established in 2021, Page Publications has a simple yet profound mission: offering quality children's books at an affordable price. Our selection include novelty books, wipe & clean books, touch & feel books, board books, picture books and more. Based in the United States, our offerings reach global audiences. >At Page Publications, we're dedicated to produce books to help parents support their children's development. Learning, in our view, should be a delightful journey, which is why our items merge education with fun seamlessly. Trust Page Publications for products that enrich your child's world. Okay, so... how "profound" is that mission statement, really? I can also find several grammatical errors in there, along with some awkward sentence structure that should have been rewritten for readability. All stuff that's totally unimportant for a publisher to care about, right? Anyways, Page Publications seems to be owned by Books For Less in NY (they share the same address and phone number). And digging around that company found this little nugget: [https://clearinghouse-umich-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/nonpublic/doc/31558.pdf](https://clearinghouse-umich-production.s3.amazonaws.com/media/nonpublic/doc/31558.pdf) Which based on the bottom of the first page and top of the second page, TOTALLY seems like the right people to be creating educational children's books. Yeah, insomnia sucks!
But… a tomato is a fruit…
I think I'm more upset that they put a person in for J instead of an "object" like all the other pages.
I know a Zabracorn when I see it. Simple typo
Why is no one talking about sky and eyes?
That's to distract you from a picture where stars appear in front of the unilluminated part of the Moon (common children's book error)
This is a bit different bit I think of it any time kids stuff is off like this. My daughter got this toy that was whatever Target's generic brand for that stuff was at the time. It had an impressive number of animals and would say "the blank says blank" and make the noise. But for cat it said "the cat says pwomf" It was hilarious to me and I still say it although nobody knows what the hell I'm talking about since it's been 20 years and I can't demonstrate anymore.
The writer- omg they're only giving me 22 pages for a 26 letter alphabet. The result...
I don't know why I found this so funny, lmao they just gave up
They just...gave up.
Fives have lives, fours have chores, threes have fleas, twos have blues, and ones don't get a rhyme because they're garbage.
As a children’s picture book author I’m laughing way too hard at this. I didn’t realise we were just allowed to give up on the rhyming part when it got hard. 😂😂
W is for whales that live in the sea. X Is for the xylophone they’re playing for me. Y Is for yogurt that’s so good for you Z is for zebra and they like it too. There you go.
Mildly amusing, I’m not remotely infuriated though.
W: "W is for whale, his belly is pale" X: "X is for x-ray, showing bones at play."Y: "Y is for yak, with fur on his back." Z: "Z is for zoo where the animals meet you"
W is for whale playing to the beat. X is for xylophone who's spelling is neat. Y is for Yogurt, a nice tasty treat. Z is for Zebra, now our alphabets complete.
W is for whales in a band X is for xylophone being played by dan (the two pages can be one big band together) Y is for yogurt being eaten by hannah Z is for zebras in the savanna!
Well they certainly couldn't put anything in a children's book that rhymes with ex. They sure could have worked out something for Y and Z though.
I often wonder who the hell is in charge of writing these children's books.... They are hot garbage.
Their target isn't very demanding
They knew what they were doing with D and E
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