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ABC T-Rex

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My son loved ABC T-REX when he was 3 , and now my 2 year old daughter enjoys it just as much. The book features a friendly T rex munching his way through the alphabet. For example, "S was for Sharing". On the S page the T rex is sharing his S with a dinosaur friend. T rex is also surrounded by all kinds of food that starts with S, sandwiches, salt, salad etc.. T rex is sitting on sand, with the sun and a ship in the background. Makes for lively reading. Great for adults too because you notice different items to point out every time you read. Also would help younger children learn the words, not just he letters. This is one of my favorite childern's books. Illustrations are engaging and the author has a good sense of humor.

My son already liked alphabet books when I selected this one for his second birthday. We didn't need yet another alphabet book, but this one has become his favorite.
At 2 years and 3 months, he can recite the entire thing. It has a few "big" words like "nutritious", "quenching", and "irresistible", which is great for beginning speakers. It is a stretch for my son to pronounce those words, but that's where the learning is, and he's proud of himself.
As we talk about the bats, balls, boats, bananas, blueberries (and much more), he broadens his vocabulary, fine-tunes his pronunciation, and registers the concept of the "b" sound. He acts out this book by taking our plastic letters, quoting each page, ("A was appetizing"), and pretends to gobble the letter as the T-Rex does. The T-Rex puts the letter "R" in the refrigerator, so my son finds his "R" and wants to put it in the refrigerator too.
It is a colorful, visually appealing book, for toddlers through kindergarteners. My older son likes to help point out the items (that begin with the designated letter) on each page for his little brother. Some are obvious; some more challenging.

The educational content of this book is disguised by colorful illustrations and witty passages. With each new letter comes the opportunity to name many objects that begin with that letter--C has clown, cotton candy, a carousel. And the letter that is being presented is always in bold type in every word in that particular passage. A wonderful tool to teach a little one their letters in both capital and lower case form. I chose this book because my son loves dinosaurs. However, I feel this book is wonderful for any child. So enjoyable!