Gallery: A New Alphabet Book With Dozens of Offbeat Drawings for Every Letter
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*A is for Zebra* helps kiddos work on their vowel sounds while providing an esoteric, slightly cheeky, and fascinating review of 20th century culture.
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The book grew out of a decades long collaboration between designer Sean Tejaratchi and publisher Chloe Eudaly
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[*A is for Zebra*](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/947849256/a-is-for-zebra-alphabet-book-by-sean-tejaratchi?ref=users) is raising funds until October 8th 2014.
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Terjaratchi favored images with an alliterative appeal, for instance the image of the men fighting could represent fight, fat, fear, frail, and fist.
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A sled full of Shriners combines lessons in alliteration with a primer in mid-century fraternal organizations.
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The book covers some touch subject, like using obsessive compulsive disorder to illustrate the letter "O"
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*A is for Zebra* is eclectic, but scientifically accurate. When an early illustration of a Jellyfish was found to belong to a different subphylum, Tejaratchi searched for a suitable replacement.
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"There are plenty of words that begin with X, but of that set, there are far fewer that are illustrated in even the most rudimentary way," says artist Tejaratchi.
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"N" is for hypodermic needle lets parents know they walked far afield of *Sesame Street*.
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While some might fing the content risqué Tejaratchi thinks it has been handled carefully. "It's a big, scary world out there, but I think children can handle complex ideas, including smoking or hypodermic needles," he says. "And acknowledging a thing's existence is not the same as endorsing it."
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All 26 letters of the alphabet are available on [Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/947849256/a-is-for-zebra-alphabet-book-by-sean-tejaratchi?ref=users) and would make ideal decor for a dive bar, tattoo parlor, or the nursery of a hipster in training.
