D Is for Democracy: A Citizen's Alphabet

With the election nearing, the timely D Is for Democracy: A Citizen's Alphabet by Elissa Grodin (N Is for Nutmeg), illus. by Victor Juhasz, spells out American history letter by letter. Pairing short rhymes with detailed sidebars, pages include ""F is for the Founding Fathers"" (""who went to a convention./ The U.S. Constitution/ was their wonderful invention"") with brief bios on Jefferson, Franklin and others. (Aug.) .