Cover of Alphabet Animal Adventures Across America

Alphabet Animal Adventures Across America

A to Z with Friends, Foods and Places to Go. By Olivia Weisman and Loren Weisman.

Keep the app on this device

Look for Arnie, named A to Zeebee, on your home screen.

Free, with no account. Add it once from this browser and it opens from your home screen or desktop with its own icon, even with no internet.

Steps for every phone, tablet and computer

iPhone, Safari

  1. Tap the Share button in the menu bar (iOS 18). On iOS 26, tap the More button, then Share. On iOS 27, tap the Page Menu button, then Share. If your Tabs layout is Bottom or Top, tap the Share button.
  2. Scroll down the list and tap Add to Home Screen. If it is not there, tap Edit Actions at the bottom of the list, then tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. On iOS 26 or later, turn on Open as Web App, then tap Add. On iOS 18, follow the steps on the screen.

iPad, Safari

  1. Tap the Share button. On iPadOS 26, then tap the More button. On iPadOS 27, then tap View More.
  2. Tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. On iPadOS 26 or later, turn on Open as Web App, then tap Add. On iPadOS 18, follow the steps on the screen.

iPhone or iPad, Chrome

  1. On the right of the address bar, tap Share.
  2. Find and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Confirm or edit the details, then tap Add.

Android, Chrome

  1. Tap Install the app above, or on the right of the address bar tap More, then Install and create shortcut, then Install.
  2. Follow the steps on the screen.

Android, Firefox

  1. Tap the three-dot menu button, then tap Install.
  2. Tap Add automatically.

Windows or Mac, Chrome

  1. Click Install the app above, or at the top right of the address bar select Install. Or at the top right select More, then Cast, save, and share, then Install page as app.
  2. Follow the steps on the screen.

Windows or Mac, Microsoft Edge

  1. Click Install the app above, or click the App available icon in the address bar.
  2. Click Install.

Mac, Safari (macOS Sonoma 14 or later)

  1. From the menu bar, choose File, then Add to Dock. Or click the Share button in the Safari toolbar, then choose Add to Dock.
  2. Type the name you want for the app, then click Add.

Another browser

  1. Use the app in your browser at lorenweisman.com/alphabet-app, or open it in one of the browsers above to add it.

1Pick a letter

2Meet the A friend in the book

Arnie the Alert Alligator

Page 5 begins:

“Alert and adventurous, Arnie the Alligator ate appetizing apples in Atlanta, Georgia.”

On every page the name, the animal, the food and the city all start with that page’s letter, and so do the words that describe them.

3Make your own A friend

Say the words out loud together. A grown-up can do the typing. Tap a word from the book to use it, or type your own.

In the book:
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4Hear it and save it

Type a word that starts with A in each box.

Meet all 26 friends, and find the letter hidden in every picture, in the book. Grown-ups will find where to get it under For grown-ups.