In the school year 1949-1950, the children of the first grade of primary school are taught reading from an alphabet book that has just been published and which bears the signature of teacher Epameinondas Gerantonis for the texts and painter and engraver Kostas Grammatikopoulos for the illustrations. [...]

In post-civil war Greece - and while the country, in a Cold War atmosphere, is attempting its reconstruction and schools are facing a shortage of teaching staff, as many teachers had lost their lives in the war and the Civil War - the first legendary post-war alphabet book is created, which was published by the School Book Publishing Organization (later renamed the Educational Book Publishing Organization). [...]

The "Alphabet Book" - written in the demotic language, with some elements of katharevousa - with scenes and images that capture the interest of children, without tedious didacticism, conveys to students the values of kindness, responsibility, diligence, love for animals, but also fun. [...]

(from the epilogue by Eleni Kehagioglou)