The Alphazeds

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Summary: Letters With An Attitude and Then They Learn to Talk
Review: Alphabet books come in all forms -- just the letters, letters introducing sounds, letters introducing beginning words, and then, letters telling a story.

This book is a story, complete with an attitude. There's Quaking Q, Bashful B, and Pretentious P. They all strut into the small empty yellow room with a single light bulb. Then, as if they are living in New York City (where the authors live), there is a blackout. "When the light came back on, something extraordinary had happened." Find out what that was.

Any elementary principal, kindergarten, or first grade teacher needs to read this to their children. Any parent or grandparent of the 7 or under set needs to give it as a birthday or holiday present.

Thanks to the Glasers for a wonderful addition to the alphabet book world.

Rating:
Summary: Letters With An Attitude and Then They Learn to Talk
Review: Alphabet books come in all forms -- just the letters, letters introducing sounds, letters introducing beginning words, and then, letters telling a story.

This book is a story, complete with an attitude. There's Quaking Q, Bashful B, and Pretentious P. They all strut into the small empty yellow room with a single light bulb. Then, as if they are living in New York City (where the authors live), there is a blackout. "When the light came back on, something extraordinary had happened." Find out what that was.

Any elementary principal, kindergarten, or first grade teacher needs to read this to their children. Any parent or grandparent of the 7 or under set needs to give it as a birthday or holiday present.

Thanks to the Glasers for a wonderful addition to the alphabet book world.

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Summary: A great book for young children who like words
Review: I have to disagree strongly with the Library School Journal review for this book (above), which says that the book is more appropriate for "graphics-obsessed adults" than for children. When we first saw this book, my son (age 3.5 at the time) insisted that I read it to him three times. It's not an appropriate book for LEARNING the alphabet, but any young child (ages 3-6?) who loves language will love the alliteration and, perhaps even more importantly for this age group, learn a lot of new words to discuss feelings in a fun way.