About: CDB!

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CDB! is a children's book written and illustrated by William Steig, published in 1968 by Simon & Schuster. The book is a collection of pictures with captions written in code, with letters in the caption standing for words the letter's names sound like (gramograms). The illustrations that accompany the codes show scenes that help the reader decode the caption. The cover illustration shows a child pointing out a bee to another child. The title, CDB!, thus translates as "See (CEE) the (DEE) bee (BEE)!" The book was updated by Steig over thirty years after its original publication with the addition of color to the illustrations, as well as an answer key at the end. Steig followed this book with a sequel, CDC?.

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dbo:abstract	CDB! is a children's book written and illustrated by William Steig, published in 1968 by Simon & Schuster. The book is a collection of pictures with captions written in code, with letters in the caption standing for words the letter's names sound like (gramograms). The illustrations that accompany the codes show scenes that help the reader decode the caption. The cover illustration shows a child pointing out a bee to another child. The title, CDB!, thus translates as "See (CEE) the (DEE) bee (BEE)!" The book was updated by Steig over thirty years after its original publication with the addition of color to the illustrations, as well as an answer key at the end. Steig followed this book with a sequel, CDC?. Richard F. Abrahamson, writing in The Reading Teacher, commented, "For the child who is playing with language and sounds, this book is hilarious." Lilian H. Heil, in Children's Book and Media Review, wrote that CDB! "is as entertaining to adults as it is to children." Steven Heller cites CDB! as having predicted the rise of SMS language (textspeak), writing, "For over forty years this book has both perplexed and excited its young and old readers, offering challenges and frustrations with a satisfying punchline. In the original Windmill paperback edition, a summary of the book reads as follows: 'Letters and words are used to create the sounds of words and simple sentences 4 u 2 figure out with the aid of illustrations.' This is a fairly accurate description of SMS-speak." (en)
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rdfs:comment	CDB! is a children's book written and illustrated by William Steig, published in 1968 by Simon & Schuster. The book is a collection of pictures with captions written in code, with letters in the caption standing for words the letter's names sound like (gramograms). The illustrations that accompany the codes show scenes that help the reader decode the caption. The cover illustration shows a child pointing out a bee to another child. The title, CDB!, thus translates as "See (CEE) the (DEE) bee (BEE)!" The book was updated by Steig over thirty years after its original publication with the addition of color to the illustrations, as well as an answer key at the end. Steig followed this book with a sequel, CDC?. (en)
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