A is for Axolotl (2022)

A is for Axolotl: An Unusual Animal ABC (2022)
Catherine Macorol
Casebound laminated cover with dustjacket. H230 x W290 mm. 32 pages. Acquired from Saint Bookstore, 28 May 2023.
Photos: Books On Books Collection.

Unfortunately climate change makes possible a sub-collection of abecedaries on the subject of endangered animals. Since Dick King-Smith and Quentin Blake’s Alphabeasts in 1990, there have been more than a dozen. Catherine Macorol’s is the most recent within the Books On Books Collection.

Further Reading

“Abecedaries I (in progress)“. Books On Books Collection.

“Alphabets Alive! – Animals“. 19 July 2023. Books On Books.

“Dick King-Smith and Quentin Blake“. In progress. Books On Books Collection.

“David McLimans“. 25 April 2023. Books On Books Collection.

Endangered Animals Dictionary : An a to Z of the World’s Threatened Species. 2016. London: Alligator Products Limited.

Balog, James. 1996. James Balog’s Animals a to Z. San Francisco: Chronicle Books.

Cossins, Jennifer. 2017. A-Z of Endangered Animals. Sydney N.S.W: Lothian Children’s Books.

Jonas, Ann. 1990. Aardvarks Disembark! 1st ed. New York: Greenwillow Books.

Kierst, Anastasia. 2013. P Is for Pangolin : An Alphabet of Obscure Endangered & Underappreciated Animals. NP: Eternal Summers Press.

Mackey, Bonnie and Hedy Schiller Watson. 2017. Alphabet Books : The K-12 Educators’ Power Tool. Santa Barbara California: Libraries Unlimited. For a brief history and extended categorization of alphabet books.

Malone, Vicki. 2022. Can We Save Them? : An Alphabet of Species in Danger. 2022. Herndon VA: Mascot Books an imprint of Amplify Publishing Group.

Markle, Sandra; Markle, William; and Dávalos, Felipe. 1998. Gone Forever! : An Alphabet of Extinct Animals. 1st ed. New York N.Y: Atheneum Books for Young Readers.

Mullins, Patricia. 1995/1993. V For Vanishing : An Alphabet of Endangered Animals. Sydney N.S.W: Margaret Hamilton Books.

Pallotta, Jerry, and Masiello, Ralph. 1993. The Extinct Alphabet Book. Watertown Mass: Charlesbridge.

Shailer, Daniel. 25 November 2023. “‘Adopt an axolotl’ campaign launches in Mexico to save iconic species from pollution and trout“. The Independent.

Twinem, Neecy. 1994. Aye-Ayes Bears and Condors : An Abc of Endangered Animals and Their Babies. New York: W.H. Freeman.

Twist, Clint. 2005. Endangered Animals A-Z. San Diego: Thomson/Gale.

Wakefield, D. R. 2009. An Alphabet of Extinct Mammals. Goole: Chevington Press.

Wakefield D. R. 2010. Alphabet of Endangered Mammals : A Collection of Etchings Depicting Animals Considered Extinct in the Wild 2050. Goole: Chevington Press.