26 1-page stories, one for each letter of the alphabet, each containing many words that begin with that letter. An introduction and conclusion featuring words of each letter, counting up in the former and down in the latter. Stories feature the characters from the Mary Poppins books, and make reference to events there. While most stories are not actually speculative fiction, "O", "P", "T", "U", and "V" are.
"... a silly episode for each letter involving characters from the earlier books. Mary Shepard's drawings show so much going on ..." --Boston Globe 1962-12-02 p. B13
- Stated first edition.
- Pages unnumbered, listed here from direct count.
- An alphabet book. 52 of 54 pages come in 26 facing pairs with a short story on the left containing many capitalized words using that letter of the alphabet, facing a drawing illustrating the story. The other 2 pages are an introductory and a concluding page, with no art, but with colored capital letters counting up A to Z on the intro text, and counting down Z to A on the concluding page.
- Interior art directly credited. No separate credit for cover artist, but is signed on the back cover with her initials.
- Interior art is black ink on colored paper, where the colored paper strictly alternates between orange and blue. Blue decorated end papers.
