Alphabet Adventure

Summary:
Charley's letter has learned their place in the alphabet all year long, they go to meet Charley at his school but something happens.

OH NO, little 'i' loses her dot!

The little letters and their teacher (capital 'T') look all over the island to find little i’s dot. When they couldn’t find it, they met a new friend, capital 'I', who gave them an idea. Capital 'I' told the letters to find something that could replace dot so little 'i' can have a new dot.
All of the little letters searched for a new dot for little 'i'. Little 'a' found an anchor, 's' brought a star, and 'w' grabbed a wheel. Right before little 'i' picked her new dot, her old dot reappears. SURPRISE!! The little dot was just playing a game of hide-and-go-seek with show more little 'i'.

Illustrations:
The illustrator, Bruce Wood, drew the art for all 3 of the alphabet series (as listed below). Each book has something hidden inside the art. You can do a lesson for children on just the art of all 3 of these books. For this book, Alphabet Adventure, he included silly things for children to catch.
One thing is the young, little letters that belong to Charley are lower-case letters. The teacher of the letters is a Capital 'T'. When 'i' lost her dot, the dot is actually there on every single page just hidden (at the bottom of the water, hiding behind 'x', in the coconut tree). 'S' is playing on the slides. A few 'B' are walking across the bridge. 'W' is looking out the window. 'L' is doing the limbo. 'K' is flying a kite.... and so on.
I personally love this little game of "Where's little i's dot" which is kind of like "Where's Waldo" which makes the readers stop and look deeply into the art. This lets the readers catch the more details Bruce Wood added to each page. There is nothing plain, basic, or simple about the art.

Learning:
Great book for children who are mastering the alphabet along with capital vs. lower case. Due to the wonderful illustrations, this book is great for kids who love a good I-Spy book. The book also teaches that T is for teacher, K-kite, L-ladder, etc. by looking closely at the illustrations.

Yes, this book has a series. Check out what happens when Charlie's letters go on more adventures.
#1: Alphabet Adventure (2001)
#2: Alphabet Mystery (2003)
#3: Alphabet Rescue (2006) show less

Alphabet Adventure uses a bit of Anthropomorphism to help the alphabet come alive. This book tells the story of the unlucky little i, and its subsequent rescue by Capital I. Of all the alphabet books I read for this course, I would say this one has the most unique perspective. If you want to have the alphabet come alive for a child, what better way than by telling a story in which that actually happens?

This 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" missing the 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.

As a Pre-K teacher, I was excited to find this book in time for the school year to begin. What a wonderful way to introduce the alphabet to a group of wide-eyed children. 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 the children engaged while show more learning the alphabet. show less

This story would not be entirely useful for teaching students the alphabet however, it provides illustrations of what the lowercase letters of the alphabet would look like. This can be helpful for students who struggle differentiating between lower and upper case letters. The story plot if fun and beats the ordinary strategies of learning about letters.

The Little i in Alphabet Adventure by Audrey Wood and Bruce Wood has lost his dot, and the other letters in Charley’s alphabet help in a search. Alphabet Adventure was refreshing because it doesn’t follow the letters in alphabetic order; instead, it allows young readers to search for the letters in the colorful illustrations.

I really did not care for the illustrations, although I think my son liked them. The story is pretty creative and captivating however, and really engages the observation skills of the preschooler. If [b:Alphabet Mystery|262173|Alphabet Mystery|Bruce Wood|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173232728s/262173.jpg|254127] is anything like this one, my son will be sure to love that one too.

An outstanding picture book in so many ways. Beautifully illustrated, Alphabet Adventure introduces 'little letters' as they prepare for the start of school. When 'Little i's' dot disappears, all the letters search Alphabet Island. A marvelous teaching tool and a favourite read-aloud. Be sure to follow-up with Alphabet Mystery and Alphabet Rescue.