Summary: Charlie's letters have been busy helping Charlie learn all year, but when he goes off to visit his grandparents the lowercase letters fly to Alphabet City. There, the uppercase letters don't think that lowercase letters can be very helpful. That all changes when the lowercase letters fix up a firetruck they save the uppercase letters and put out a fire in Alphabet City.
Attention Span/reading level: 3-5, best for children learning their alphabet.
Good uses for book in teaching: the alphabet (especially lowercase letters), learning to work together despite differences, small people/things can be useful, doing something helpful even after someone has told you you'll never be good enough
Favorite part:
Child: the letters driving the firetruck
Mine: The brightly colored computer generated pictures
Child: the letters driving the firetruck
Mine: The brightly colored computer generated pictures
Least favorite part: None
Warnings/negative feedback: None.
Review: I thought this was a cute book. As noted above, I really liked the illustrations; each page is quite vibrant and has the entire alphabet to search and find. It's much along the same idea as "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" (without the rhyming) but much better in my opinion. Also, the idea that the letters help the boy Charlie to learn and to write is neat, along with the concept that the lowercase letters are useful in a different way than the uppercase letters is a good one.
Warnings/negative feedback: None.
Review: I thought this was a cute book. As noted above, I really liked the illustrations; each page is quite vibrant and has the entire alphabet to search and find. It's much along the same idea as "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" (without the rhyming) but much better in my opinion. Also, the idea that the letters help the boy Charlie to learn and to write is neat, along with the concept that the lowercase letters are useful in a different way than the uppercase letters is a good one.
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