Customer Reviews

Alphabet Adventure

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As a kindergarten teacher, I was excited to find this book in time for the schoolyear to begin. What a wonderful way to introduce the alphabet to a group of wide-eyed children. This is a must-have for all pre-school and primary teachers.

The story is charming and simple. Before the letters of the alphabet can go off to school to become "Charley's Alphabet", they are delayed by the loss of the lower case i's dot. All of the letters must help to find the missing dot ... or find a way to make the dot return so that they may get to school in time for Charley, the boy who needs them.

Bruce Wood is the illustrator on this book and he has continued the family legacy of producing bright, captivating illustrations which are just begging the reader to look more closely. Indeed, there is a story in the pictures alone. My own eight-year-old daughter read the book and then immediately went back through and looked at the pictures, pointing out little details in each illustration. This is a wonderful book. I can't wait to introduce it to my class.

One of the things I really like about this a,b,c book is that they use lower case letters... not to worry, the upper case letters make an appearance as well . I bought this book because I found that my daughter was having problems recognizing lower case letters. That is a "capital" problem being that, when writing and reading, most letters are lower case. It seems that a lot of pre-schoolers learn the alphabet in all upper case, which can later be a problem when they are learning to write and read.

The author used an engaging story taking the little letters and the reader on an adventure to solve little i's problem of a missing dot (be sure to look for little i's dot hiding on each page). There is also a 2 page spread in the book that shows each letter with an item they picked in order to help little i choose a new dot - s picks a star, h picks a heart, c picks a cherry and so forth.

I like this so much better than Chicka Chicka Boom Boom which uses rhymes that aren't very clever to tell a story that isn't very clever which in turn makes it tedious to read to your child.

I got this book from the library, and quickly put it on our wish list here at amazon. I really enjoy reading this book to my 3 year old son...who by the way learned the letter (i) from this book and actually drew it on his magna doodle one day!! Your children will enjoy the storyline that goes along with learning the alphabet. My son requests this book again and again!

I personally love Audrey Wood's books. Her stories (inc. this one) are always fresh, innovative, fun, and lively, and very creative. The illustrations in this book are fun, colorful, and make you want to spend time looking at each and every page with your child.

Get this book and enjoy reading it with your child or class, I don't think you or your the kids will be disappointed.

My children are 5 (boy) and 3 (girl) years old. They both loved this book. The first time we read it it kept their interest. Wonderful story and beautiful illustrations. When you get to the end of the book, you realize that the book is also an "I spy" or "Where's Waldo" type, looking for the book character, little i's, dot. The kids were so excited to read the book again and hunt for the hiding dot.

We bought this for our 3 year old son and he loved it (and learned the upper and lowercase alphabet without any stress at all). Great, colorful illustrations too.

This book is so fun. It's part "I Spy", searching for the missing dot, part fashion show as little "i" tries on a star, a heart, even a ladybug in place of her missing dot, and just a great story too. The i-cing on the cake is that it keeps kids engaged while learning the alphabet.

Charley's alphabet has been working hard all summer on Alphabet Island, getting ready for the first day of school. But as their teacher, Capital T, lines up all the lower case letters, it finds that lower case i has lost it's dot. The letters look all over Alphabet Island, but can't find little i's dot anywhere and Capital T is becoming frantic. It's the first day of school, they're going to be late and Charley really needs his alphabet. Fortunately, Capital I has a plan. He thinks i's dot is playing a prank and hiding from everyone and he knows a way to make him come out and save the day..... Audrey and Bruce Wood have authored a marvelous picture book, full of charm and humor that pre-schoolers and emerging readers will want to read again and again. Her easy to read, amusing text moves the mystery along at a good pace. But it's Mr Wood's amazing, bold, bright and busy artwork that make this book stand out and youngsters will enjoy all the wonderful details in each illustration and finding i's dot on each page as it plays hide and seek with the reader. Perfect for youngsters 3-7, Alphabet Adventure is a terrific teaching tool and a delightful way for kids to begin recognizing letters and learning phonics.

My son cannot get enough of this book! We first borrowed it from the library (three consecutive times) and then eventually had to purchase it because he wanted to read it all of the time (I thought other kids should have the opportunity to check it out of the library!). It has really taught him his ABCs in a fun way, and now he has the story practically memorized. Although I like the book I have to admit that I'm a bit burnt out on it because my son wants to read it at least once a day (it was four times a day when we first received it)!!

I borrowed this book from the public library and enjoyed it so much I had to buy it. It is great for working on the letters of the alphabet with younger children. They enjoy looking for the missing dot, which is hiding on every page. The illustrations are very vibrant. The children I read this story to enjoyed the mystery.

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.