"The word is the making of the world," wrote Wallace Stevens, and the world of words contained in this book is dazzling. Quotations from J. R. R. Tolkien, Thomas Jefferson, Lucille Clifton, William Shakespeare, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Carl Sandburg, Langston Hughes, and many others illuminate words for each letter of the alphabet, and Peter Malone"s exquisite illustrations for them are inspired. This enticing alphabet book is sure to delight the minds and excite the imaginations of young and old alike.