Customer Reviews

The Vowel Family: A Tale of Lost Letters

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We bought this book at a local literature festival, where we also had the opportunity to get the book signed by the author and illustrator. It was a great experience for my six-year-old, who didn't know what authors looked like (regular people in glasses, in case you were wondering.) The book is great fun, about a man and woman who marry but don't have any vowels so th cnt cmmnct vr wll. Things improve when allan and ellen are born, and on it goes. There are many clever phrases, and a good mix of simple and complicated words. Adults may be needed to decode the early parts of the book, which my proficient six-year-old reader stumbled on due to lack of vowels. Bright and cute illustrations. Great book, I highly recommend.

My daughter's preschool teacher recommended this book but actually I find it to be more confusing than educational. It is NOT a book you would want your child to follow along and trying to make sense of the sentences without the vowels is unnerving. I think it appeals more to adults than actually being educational for young pre- and emerging readers.

I have this book for my first grade classroom. They absolutely love it... you just have to put a little energy into reading it as both a story and as merely a learning opportunity. They will learn when you take the time to go "wait a minute! That doesn't sound right, does it?". I definitely wouldn't recommend using this book with kids who are not of reading age since it doesn't make any sense until you can grasp the concept that vowels add to pronunciation and meaning. It can be a fun story if you put that extra effort forth.