There are many ways to learn the alphabet, but this set of bamboo art wall blocks by Etsy artist Tofufu Studios might be the most fun. What else could "B" be for, other than Batman?

While we're worrying ourselves over the flu, Jennifer Gardy and animator Tom Scott remind us of the other germs, from anthrax to zoonoses, lurking about in their poetic ode to epidemiology. A warning to those with especially sensitive stomachs: this does contain animated poo.

Edward Gorey's alphabetical poem of child death, The Gashycrumb Tinies is a masterpiece of the macabre, and we've seen all sorts of reinterpretations, most recently in Doctor Who and Game of Thrones-themed death rhymes. Horror writer Clive Barker has decided to write his own tribute to Gorey's poem, which at first…

Patrick Concepcion takes a quiz-like approach with his Star Wars alphabet poster, lining up 26 silhouettes of characters, vehicles, and weapons from the galaxy far, far away. See if you can name all of them (some of them are tricky and slightly cheating) without checking the key at the bottom.

Illustrator and concept artist Daryl Toh Liem Zhan is working his way through the alphabet by illustrating at least one monster for each letter. But while some of his monsters come from familiar movies and western urban legends, Zhan pulls from the monstrous myths of the world, drawing creatures from Inuit, South…

Head over to Time for Hugs and get the full-resolution version of this poster. (Creator Scott Markley is emailing out files since he can't sell the copyrighted images.) Print it out and hang it on a child's wall. Drill them on it every day. That is all.

Are your normal nights knotted with nocturnal nervousness? Do you fear fiendish flesh-eating freaks? Dread demonic degenerates with delusions of doom? Then take a gander at Nathan O. Marsh's Alphabet Apocrypha, an alliterative account of the anxious and aberrant.

It's easy to forget that our Latin-derived alphabet came from earlier alphabets that used physical objects to represent their letters. Cartoonist Jason Novak reminds us of the Egyptian, Phoenician, and Sumerian origins of our modern alphabet, with the letters incorporated into sketchy, energetic cartoons.

From Acersecomic (a person whose hair has never been cut) to Zugzwang (a position in which any decision or move will result in problems), Project Twins' A-Z of Unusual Words illustrates the English language's forgotten vocabulary. These words probably won't show up on the SAT, but they're fun to learn nonetheless.

It's never too early to teach your children Elvish, and just as when learning real-world language, visual aids are often helpful. These pastel animal prints will get a child (or adult) started on their Elvish alphabet. It's as easy as Tinco, Ando, Súlë.