The Alphabet Tree

This is another classic book for many! Lionni has a great style with her children's books. This book is about an alphabet tree that lost almost all of its leaves in a strong wind. A bug and a caterpillar help put the letters back on the tree and to form a special message. This book would be great in the classroom to:
-show children how different letters come together to form words
-how team work benefits everyone
-see the alphabet in a different way that is more abstract than usual alphabet books
-form their own alphabet tree
-work hands on with letters

This book had a sweet message, but was a little boring. I do not think that children would be that excited about it. I would have students cut letters out of magazines to form their own letters and words. This story would need to be used with older kids because the message would be difficult for some to understand. I would also have students predict what the president would say once the caterpillar got there. ( )

Summary - When the wind blows the letters off the alphabet tree, they must learn how to help each other before the next windy day.
Critique - This book is a good example of fantasy because the author creates believable details with the letters becoming words.
Genre - Fantasy
Media - Stamps? ( )

The Alphabet Tree is about letters that sat in a tree. They sat high up in the tree. One day they were blown away by the wind. A bee came along and told them they would be just fine if they made words that were 3-4 letters long. He was right! A catepillar came along and told them to make sentences that was the strongest way for them to be together. The catepillar then told the whole sentence to get on his back that he was taking them to the president.

Letter on a alphabet tree are hanging and torn and tossed through the air by the wind. They begin bonding together to make words. A catepillar who is clever teaches the letters to become stronger and begin forming sentences with a message of peace about the power of written word.