This romp through the Swedish alphabet from A to Z (and then to ä to ), is also a delightful tour of the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, a cultural center alive with stories past and present. Artifacts from the museum's collection are vividly rendered in watercolor and animated with whimsical pen-and-ink characters that draw readers from page to page. Tara Sweeney and Nate Christopherson, a mother and son collaborative team, create magical realism in A to Zä, their first picture book. Their irreverent curiosity delights and begs a timeless question-how can exploration and discovery help us grow, teach us who we really are?