Review: A Fun Read to Learn How to Pronounce the Letters of Alphabet With Silly Words
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2012
I've read quite a few of Gerald Hawksley's picture books and like the others this one is a lot of fun to read.  Hawksley gives us a fun image and one sentence rhyme for each letter where within the sentence each featured alphabet letter is used as often as possible in the sentence.  This is good for children to learn the various sounds that each letter of the alphabet can make.  Obviously this book alone isn't going to teach them all there is to know about that, nor be the only book you'll use to learn the alphabet but it is a good contributor to the overall lesson.  All the letters have a made up word (creature) who does things with the rest of the sentence including more normalised words.  For example B is for Buzzlesnout who buzzes like a bee.  The illustrations are well drawn and also include smaller animals or objects that also begin with the same letter as well as words pointing to those bonus images.Simply a book that is lot of fun, even as a fun read for adults who already know their alphabet.