The Dangerous Alphabet Book works as both a humorous read aloud, or one geared towards growing skills such as alliteration or vocabulary. There were some really powerful vocabulary words throughout the text used in a light hearted way that I can see students gravitating towards!

The delightful alphabet is good. The dangerous alphabet might be better. But together is definitely the best. This book is pretty funny and definitely cute! And don't won't the dangerous parts aren't too scary for our sensitive littles. I loved this book and its illustrations. I definitely want a copy on our bookshelf

I received a copy in exchange for my honest review.

Not your run of the mill alphabet book. I think my students are going to get a kick out of this book. I love how the avocado and alligator go back and forth with how to make the best alphabet book. It was a fun read.

This book was dangerously delightful! Highly recommend teachers who teacher alliterations and adjectives. Even my five year old enjoyed this one, but I think the overall idea went over his head. Also, a great add for librarians. Keep an eye out for this upcoming book!

What starts off as any normal alphabet book beginning with Avocado, ends up with a battle between Avocado and Alligator as Alligator tries to make the book more dangerous and exciting. Carnivorous cougars replace the cartwheeling carrots. Alligator's ideas inspire Avocado to come up with some scary ones of his own, until he comes up with one that scares even himself.

Kids will have fun with the alliteration and illustrations, inspiring them to come up with their own scary combinations.

Real talk: you always see the same things in abc books. A for apple and all that. This is a cool take on the each letter stands for. It is perfect for a little boy, and I will definitely buy this for my son.

Super cute and hilarious twist on a traditional children’s alphabet book with incredible graphics. Would definitely recommend and purchase for my kiddo!

Thank you to the author, Astra Pub, and NetGalley for the advanced digital copy!

Avocado and Alligator don’t quite see eye to eye on what makes for a good children’s alphabet book. While Avocado prefers the more traditional letter selections featuring happy fruits and vegetables, Alligator wants something more... exciting. So will it be Gliding Grapes or a Growling Grizzly Bear? What about Lacrosse Playing Lemons vs Lethal Leopards? Before long, Avocado is playing along with Alligator with the addition of things like Spooky Strawberries and Witchy Watermelons (with werewolves, of course)!

This book is both humorous as well as educational and features colorful and not too spooky illustrations all the way from A to Z with some slight sidebar conversations from Avocado and Alligator. It makes for a very entertaining and quick read for kids.

This book is an absolute brilliant take on the normal alphabet books! My kids absolutely love it! I loved all the witty ways that the animals were used and I loved that at the end they were both trying to outdo each other! It was also fun to see some animals we had never heard of. That gave us a chance to look them up and learn a little more! The illustrations were fun and vibrant and really made the book!

This is the perfect alphabet book for the fan of alphabet books. The twist is surprising and the letter adjectives are delightful. I will be sharing this with my class and the rest of my school.

Avocado and Alligator go back and forth over the best way to make an alphabet book, with some hilarious and unusual results. Alligator interrupts Avocado just as he's getting started, arguing that fruit-based alphabet books are everywhere and that kids want something more "exciting." (In Alligator's defense, he IS on to something about the increase in fruit- and veggie-based alphabet books, but I digress.) He then bogarts the story by inserting his examples of dangerous (and very hungry) animals, to which Avocado protests by inserting his own planned fruit pairs. Avocado's adoption of Alligator's taste for the spooky and pugnacious is hilarious, leading to a conclusion that neither one of them were expecting.

Whether one's tastes already lean towards the unconventional, or they're simply looking for another unique addition to their child's alphabet book collection, this book has a lot of appeal. Young readers will enjoy D.K. Ryalnd's humorous and fourth wall-breaking take on alphabet books, and the meta nature of the characters discussing their own circumstances, even if they can't put it into words. I love the choice of fruits, animals and adjectives, especially the creative uses of the letters "Q", "V" and "X." (I'd never heard of voavanga fruit before and now I want to try some.) The elegant eggplants and the mancala-playing mangoes were some of my favorites. There are a lot of funny details included in the book that children will have fun finding with each read, such as the changing expressions on the animals and the conversations between the fruits themselves. This would work well as both a read-aloud and an independent read. It's a book that has a lot of action in it so there are many opportunities for children to move around and act out what they see, and to talk about which version of the alphabet they like the best.

Even with Alligator's slightly menacing animal suggestions, none of the animals are portrayed in a way that would really frighten children, which is a plus. There's also something sweet about the way that Avocado and Alligator find some common ground with the scary mashups, as well as Avocado's growing realization that he likes them. Their decision at the end to think about what else they can do was a perfect one and opens up the possibility for similar books in need of their...improvement, which would definitely be interesting to see. I'd like to see these two on more adventures together.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher, Astra Publishing House for this DRC in exchange for a fair and honest review. The thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own.

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My twins loved this book, we read it as part of a 1,000 unique books before kindergarten challenge.

This was such a fun book, my kids squealed at all of the dangers lurking beneath! The artwork is beautiful and the book flows nicely. This would be a great book for anyone’s personal library or in a classroom to learn about letters.

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This book is so fun! I love a book that teaches ABCs in a unique way. The storyline is also adorable and loved the illustrations! I would definitely buy this for my kids!

The art in this book was fantastic! Colorful, textured, and eye-catching. The concept was creative, and the changing font sizes kept my nephews engaged. The boys loved the creatures for the letters and for seeing the fruits. Highly recommend this for Pre-K to 2nd Grade.

My kids have spoken and The Dangerous Alphabet Book is the best book ever!

The Dangerous Alphabet Books meets a cute avocado prepared to use fruit and other produce to introduce the ABCs. That is until an alligator hops onto the scene and wants to make the story more exciting by using Barbaric Black Widow Spiders, Carnivorous Cougars and other ‘dangerous’ critters instead. In a battle of wills to tell this story, the avocado starts turning the produce into ghastly things like Trollish Turnips, changing the mind of his once critic, the alligator.

The Dangerous Alphabet book is clever, uses tons of alliteration, and had my kids giggling and gasping at every page.

Thank you to Netgalley and Astra Publishing House for an early release copy of this book!

The Dangerous Alphabet book releases November 11th, 2025-mark your calendar!

I love this book. I need a copy for me and for the library. Such a fun idea. I love the illustrations, characters the alliteration and the contrast. Well done.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of The Dangerous Alphabet Book. This book was really cute and informational. I like the way they start working together to make the fruits more 'dangerous'. I loved all the descriptive words, what a great way to talk to young kids about lots of fun, new words!

This was a fun read. The illustrations and overall outlook of the book is really well done. Good for vocabulary as well.

An original spin on an alphabet book. I know a lot of my students would really enjoy the "spooky" creatures that take over the pages. I'd recommend for kindergarten+ as I've found that speech bubbles in books can sometimes confuse younger children. That being said it is still definitely worth a read and if your child is younger (say 2-3), they can still enjoy the story just maybe with a bit of paraphrasing.
Thank you, Astra Publishing House, for the advanced copy in exchange for a review.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read in exchange for an honest review.

I'm a sucker for alphabet books. I love reading them and having them in the classroom for students to enjoy. The vocabulary in this one is delightful!

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This was not your typical alphabet book. It was a hilarious yet charming way to teach the younger kids about the alphabet. Avocado and Alligator were hilarious and a dynamic duo. I hope this becomes a series and we see them in other adventures. Perhaps a counting book.

I really love alphabet books -- is there such a thing as too many? This one is laugh-out-loud funny and so unique. The pictures are colorful and hilarious. So much fun!!

The cover caught my attention, because the word was crossed out. Very clever way to teach vocabulary words to a child. Not your basic ABC book. I enjoyed the banter between the avocado and the alligator. Funny, nice illustrations, and it held my interest. I think any parent would enjoy reading this to a child and explaining the new vocabulary. For a teacher, students could do research on the animals new to them.

The Dangerous Alphabet Book by DK Ryland is indeed a delightful alphabet book, both in word and illustrations.
This book has subtle lessons in alliteration, descriptive words, opposites, and the animal kingdom. Avocado is indeed adorable, and angry alligator becomes less so as the book progresses. The illustrations are fun and contain many different elements to discover. This book is both fun and funny and is sure to be enjoyed by the entire family.
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I absolutely loved this book and I know so many kids who would love it too! There was so much humor with the alligator trying to make the book more dangerous, as well as with the avocado teaming up with him later on to make fruits a little more dangerous. The students as my school would absolutely love it and I cannot wait to get it for my library, so they can read it. This is a great and engaging alphabet book for little kids!

My four year old said it was a great book and my seven year old loved the ending. I liked all the different uses for the letters and alliteration.

I loved The Dangerous Alphabet Book. Crocodile tries to get Avocado to make a more dangerous alphabet, and in the end they might have made it to dangerous. I laughed out loud several times while reading it. This will definitely be a fun one to read to kids.

I read this book by DK Ryland through #NetGalley. I like the humor in the book and the colors. It will definitely make preschoolers laugh and is better than a straight ABC book. I would recommend this book.

How fun! This one had me giggling. As a teacher and a mom to three littles, kids will be so entertained by this and not even realize they are learning letter sounds. I love that the avocado and the alligator spend the entire book trying to decide if the alphabet should be practiced with scary animals or cute fruits. Loved it!