Alphabet Adventure

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Summary: A really clever book
Review: My two and a half year old daughter has shown an intrest in learning the alphabet as of late so I have been buying alphabet books like crazy. The all time best alphabet book is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. This one is also excellent. It is a bit more sophisticated than Chick Chicka but it engages my daughter all the same. The premise of the story is that little i has lost her dot and all of the other letters of the alphabet embark on a trip to find it. The really clever part of the book is all of the background illustrations. For example there is a picture of a slide with the letter s sliding down it, the letter c is climbing, there are b's on a bridge. Not only can your child learn the letter's but they can start to connect the letter's to words. Every time I read this book I see something new. Your child can also help to find the i's dot on each part though this is rather difficult. The dot is small and well hidden and in my opinion too hard to find. My daughter only knows where it is from my pointing it out to her so many times. I have one other small nit picky point. For the letter J they chose a jack o latern. My daughter thinks of a jack o latern as a pumpkin which starts with p so it is confusing to her. I wish they had choosen something a littleless open to interpertation for j. An older child could understand that a jack o latern is a carved pumpkin but an older child would probably already know their abc's and not need this book. Overall we love this book and the oppurtunities to teach your child from it are endless.

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Summary: Beautiful Illustrations AND a Plot
Review: Vivid, colorful illustrations are the first feature readers will notice about this new title by Audrey Wood, but the story will keep them coming back to this delightful book. The lively, lower-case letters, called Charley's Alphabet, have a problem - the little i has lost his dot and the letters must help find it or they can't go to school. The story draws the reader to the conclusion, even answering my question, "Who's Charley?" Children will enjoy searching the illustrations for the hints about the ending. While there are many alphabet books, this one has great appeal for the young child, including a plot along with opportunities to repeat the alphabet. As a school media specialist, I look forward to sharing this with my young students.