Using his typical black-outline, bold artwork, Gurth highlights important landmarks, historical sites, and tourist destinations in Toronto. Rather than people his illustrations, he uses cartoon Canadian animals, ncluding bears, beavers, moose, and raccoons. The real test of an ABC picture book is how the author handles the tricky letters: Q, X, Z. Luckily, Toronto has a Queen's Park--site of the Ontario Legislature, and a zoo. "X" is a bit challenging, but an acceptable stretch: the Canadian National Exhibition, which just about everyone in southern Ontario refers to as "the Ex". (I think we can forgive the "E"!) This might be a useful book for social studies. ( )