Benchy, a Pa. Dutch nickname for Benjamin, is the son of the author. We follow him in this colorfully illustrated hardcover book for a travelogue through the imaginative world of emotions of an eight-year-old boy. Each letter of the alphabet is illustrated with emotions beginning with that letter: dandy, dynamic, dear, disappointed, dreary, nurturing, nice, nasty, timid, trustworthy, tender, truthful, terrible. (57pp. illus. hardcover. Author, 2002.)