Review: Once Upon An A To Z

Three friends in a large library with a ladder (OMG, A LIBRARY LADDER!) and a shiny magic book on the top shelf, bring Once Upon An A To Z to life in the most delightful of ways.

Abracadabra! Alakazoo!
Bubbily, bobbily, boffity, boo!

Clutch your cauldrons and crystal balls,

Dance with dragons down the halls… 

Taking the reader on a journey through magical places with mythical creatures, this foray into fantasy lands will make childhood dreams sing and flutter even more brightly.

Castles, fairies, mermaids, starships, unicorns, magic carpets and more – there are colourful, intricate, beautiful illustrations to pore over and words to knock your socks off.

The rhyming text is bold and fun, zany and zappy, and reading it aloud is pure joy. Even the words themselves dance around on the page, bringing movement and fun from beginning to end.

Once Upon An A to Z begs to be read out loud and is a veritable smorgasbord of pleasing words, sounds, pictures and joy.

It embodies and celebrates all of the very best things to be found from sharing books.

Highly recommended.

Title: Once Upon An A To Z
Author: Amy Dunjey
Illustrator: Deb Hudson
Publisher: Affirm Press, $22.99
Publication Date: 24 June 2025
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781923022089
For Ages: 2 - 7
Type: Picture Book