Review: Can you guess the animal that begins with a "U"?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 6, 2013
Using animals to teach the ABCs is hardly an original idea, nor is using the ABCs to introduce the names of 26 animals, but author Yael Aharoni has done a nice job with "Learn about Animals A to Z." Using both drawings and photographs of animals, the book goes through the alphabet with one animal representing each letter, and some factoids about each animal. Most of the animals are common enough to be recognized by children, although there are a couple that are rare enough that kids may not be familiar with them (Narwhal and X-ray tetra).As I went through the book, I made a game of trying to anticipate which animal would represent each letter. I was successful in guessing about a third of them, but the one that gave me the most trouble was the letter "U." Can you guess the animal?It's a nice book for youngsters who are learning the alphabet and are becoming interested in the animal kingdom.