HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks An Alphabet of Stories, Picture Books & Early Years, Paperback, Oliver Jeffers
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Price: £7.99
Brand: HarperCollinsChildren'sBooks
Description: The alphabet is gloriously brought to life by international best-selling picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers. This beautiful paperback edition is based on Once Upon an Alphabet which won the CBI Book of the Year Award.
Category: Books
Merchant: Harper Collins
Product ID: 9780007514298
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Dimensions: 220x280mm
Keywords: EYFS KS0 KS1,abc,letters,funny,reading,zeppelin,alphabet,words,comedy,astronaut,penguin,reading,short stories,humour,art book
ISBN: 9780007514298
Author: Kef Morgan
Rating: 5
Review: My three year old grandson loved this. Loved the illustrations. He just adores all books.
Author: Sarah Blair
Rating: 3
Review: This is a great concept for an alphabet book. Rather than just give them 'A is for Apple' it tries to give little stories about for example an astronaut for 'a' and 'a cup in a cupboard' for 'c'. I enjoyed the first few stories but then the book got rather confused about what its purpose is. If it is to help familiarise your children with the alphabet then the stories need to be age appropriate. So a lot depends on what age child you are trying to teach the alphabet to. The stories are aimed at children of 6 or 7 I'd say. Surely they know their alphabet by then. My 4 year old, who is an avid reader, has an excellent vocabulary and superb imagination began to lose interest after a few stories. The idea of an 'enigma' for 'e' is quite advanced. And I really didn't enjoy the characters chosen for letter 'o' and in the second half of the book these characters recurred. So this is probably a case of an excellent idea but badly thought out execution.
