figurines & knick knacks
theres a monster in the alphabet
according to herodotus an ancient greek historian a phoenician named cadmus brought the alphabet to greece . in the ancient myths cadmus was a hero who fought a ferocious monster and founded the city of thebes . cadmus was so famous that his deeds were told and retold throughout the ancient world . br in this modern retelling james rumford uses the alphabet that cadmus brought to greece to recount the heros own story . part truth part fancy this different kind of alphabet book takes its reader on a journey to the distant past when our letters were not just marks to record sounds but were pictures of eyes and hands doors and fences giant teeth and ... monsters .
an alphabet book which relates the legend of cadmus the phoenician hero who brought the alphabet to greece and slew a dragon there .