Overview
Beginning readers will love this hilarious romp through alphabet rhymes with words to guess and flaps to lift!
K is for kangaroo with a baby in her pouch Jumping up and down on Grandma's leather _ _ _ _ _.
Lighthearted, funny illustrations match the rhyming couplets, each of which ends with a fill-in-the-blank. Kids will love to guess the word, which at the same time reinforce reading concepts of like-sounding words. The hilarious situations will keep readers giggling.
Synopsis
K is for kangaroo with a baby in her pouch
Jumping up and down on Grandma's leather _ _ _ _ _.
Lighthearted, funny illustrations match the rhyming couplets, each of which ends with a fill-in-the-blank. Kids will love to guess the word, which at the same time reinforce reading concepts of like-sounding words. The hilarious situations will keep readers giggling.
Children's Literature
In this book, there are 27 merry couplets in alphabetic order accompanying the amusing illustrations of animals and birds, all of which end with the final word hidden under a flap. "S is for skunk," for instance, "who squirts his smelly spray on unsuspecting Rufus, who just came out to ..." Lift the flap and the word is "play." The illustration is of a curious skunk looking in surprise at a mustard-colored dog surrounded by grey squiggles of what must be a very nasty odor. Then, there is "J is for jaguar, who has a lot of spots. Get out your pencil and connect the ..." The jaguar has a monkey on his back who his drawing lines between the spots in the jaguar's fur. On the very last page, surrounded by some of the animals in the book, there is another rhyme to suggest you might enjoy reading the book again. Reviewer: Eleanor Heldrich