The Story of Appleby Capple
By Anne Parrish
For his Cousin Clement's ninety-ninth birthday, five-year-old Appleby is determined to give the old man the thing he wants most to see: a zebra butterfly. The boy wanders through the alphabet looking for the butterfly. Ink illustrations work people and objects around all twenty-six letters.
- Fiction, General Fiction, Alphabet Books
- John Newbery Medal 1951 (Honor Title)
- Format: Book
- ISBN: 9789997489838