PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — “C” is no longer just for “Cookie.” In the new children’s book “Philly ABCs: Jawns from A to Z,” “C” is for “Cheesesteak.”
“Philly ABCs” was written by Christopher Wink and illustrated by Sara Scholl, two parents who wanted to teach kids the alphabet through essential Philly vocabulary words.
“There’s a good range from the ‘Liberty Bell’ to ‘Neighborhoods.’ Also to unassuming ones like ‘Violations’ for the outrageous parking tickets,” said Scholl.
Her illustrations depict everything from characters enjoying “wooder ice” to scrapple and hoagies.
“I would say it steers away from tourism. It’s more for locals and a nice representation of what Philly’s all about,” she said.
Philadelphians are definitely all about it. Wink and Scholl have already sold out of the 3,000 copies in their first print run.
“Our publishers have run dry because they didn’t know how well the book was going to do, but it’s been an awesome hit,” she added, “so it’s kind of a good problem to have.”
A second print run of 4,000 copies is expected to become available in early January.