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P Is for Pterodactyl
    2019-01-23  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

The self-declared “worst alphabet* book ever” has become a surprise hit in the West, with hundreds of thousands of parents rushing to get their hands on “P Is for Pterodactyl*: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever,” a picture book that explains to children that while A might be for apple, it’s also for aisle.

Dreamed up by Raj Haldar, also known as the rapper Lushlife, with computer programmer Chris Carpenter, “P Is for Pterodactyl” was published by U.S. company Sourcebooks in November. The first print run of 10,000 copies sold out almost immediately, with the publisher now reporting more than 100,000 unfulfilled orders as they wait for a reprint of another 210,000 copies.

Haldar and Carpenter came up with the idea after having lunch with a friend whose child had brought some alphabet flash cards with him. “Each one was of a food, so we were looking through them and reading them to our friends’ kid. We got to Q, and Q was for quinoa*,” said Haldar. “We were laughing about how it phonetically sounds weird — plus, I didn’t have quinoa until I was, like, 25. We were joking about that and started talking about how it would be even sillier if an entire alphabet hinged on* silent letters.”

Then, illustrator Maria Tina Beddia came on board and editorial director Kelly Barrales-Saylor said: “Word nerds, like me, love to argue about the complexities of the English language. Silent letters and absurd homophones* can be incredibly maddening for all of us, but especially for kids just learning their ABCs.”(SD-Agencies)

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