Guatemala ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Guatemala (Country ABCs) - Softcover

Marcie Aboff is the author of picture books, early readers, chapter books, and magazine stories. She also used to work as a feature writer for a daily newspaper in Escondido, California, and as a catalog copywriter for an advertising firm in New York City. She s written more than 20 titles for Picture Window Books. Marcie loves visiting schools to talk to students about being an author, as well as helping them develop their own writing potential. When she s not writing or visiting schools, Marcie likes to play tennis, listen to music, see really good movies, travel, and eat as much chocolate as she can. Marcie resides in Edison, New Jersey, with her two sons and one daughter. Their cat, Sneakers, also resides in the home, although he sometimes is under the impression he is the sole proprietor. Please visit Marcie s website (www.marcieaboff.com) to learn more about her books.

The alphabet format of the books allows inclusion of unrelated facts about Guatemala in brief text supplemented by a FAST FACT feature for many letters, which amplifies the basic information. For example, ""Q is for quetzal,"" Guatemala's national bird. In --Children's Literature (CLCD)