The Silly Alphabet Story Book

Book excerpt: This entertaining children's book offers 26 brief stories, one for each letter. Each story has three 'characters' whose names begin with that letter (except for 'x', in which case the characters' names end in 'x'). Each story shows how the respective letter is used in written English and, when read aloud, how the letter sounds. This is a very instructive fun book for young readers and any early learner of English. It was written with ESL learners particularly in mind, anywhere from ages 5 to 14. The version of the book is formatted by having each letter's story on one page (left hand side) and a coloring page opposite that. The coloring activity is designed to reinforce the reader's sense of the story and learning of the vocabulary.