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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. This represents an Informational book because it expresses the alphabet in a creative manner, which makes it more interesting for children. It is a 5 star because the plot is engaging, but informational. This book is good for kindergarten. It teaches the children the alphabet and a construction word to help them remember their letters. The dear little mouse has a big job to do, buildin the entire alphabet with art supplies and construction tools, and he get right to work airbrushing the A, Buttoning the B, and Carving the C. As the mouse moves quickly, letter by letter, Folding the F, Measuring the M, Pruning the P, Vacuuming the V, or Zipping the Z, The children will revel in all the creative fun. The author text is kept to a bare minimum, just the letter and construction verb. This book is good for preschool age range and would delight the children. It shows a mouse hard at work, constructing and improving the letters of the alphabet. The use of a verb that correspond with the letter in question, gives parent, teachers, and caregivers the chance to point out to teach the connection between the letter and it's sound. For example: Judges has the juh, j sound. In addition, this book offers children the chance to learn about the structure of reading. How text flows from page to page, and left to right. They also have a chance to pretend to read by remembering and reciting bits and pieces of the book, because the text is not too long. This is a good book to show students that are just learning the alphabet because it is simple yet colorful. The pages show the word begin constructed. The letter I is for icing and the illustration has a mouse icing the letter I. no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0805068481, Hardcover)The only one having a better time than the buck-toothed Mouse in Alphabet Under Construction is Denise Fleming, the gifted writer and illustrator who here brings back the hungry hero of Lunch for a trip through the alphabet and an arts-and-crafts roll call.Letter by letter, page by page, the playful Mouse "constructs" the alphabet--airbrushing the A, buttoning the B, carving the C, and so on, employing all manner of scaffolds, ladders, and high- and low-tech devices to get the job done. (Clearly Mouse didn't really blow his budget until near the end, on the custom tiles, the X-ray machine, and the welding equipment.) Fleming employs an arcane process that involves "pouring colored cotton pulp through hand-cut stencils" to create her distinctive style. But fortunately, you don't have to have any idea what that means to enjoy her sense of humor, her vibrant colors, and her boisterous compositions. Mouse gets messy before it's all over, but he delivers the alphabet on time--and only has to work two weekends! (As a funny touch, Fleming includes a note-covered project calendar that Mouse collapses under as he finishes.) Alphabet Under Construction also includes a fold-out, 42-by-7-inch poster that shows every page, from A to Z. (Ages 4 to 8) --Paul Hughes (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:22 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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