Alphabet Under Construction

Fleming, D. (2006). Alphabet under construction. New York: Henry Holt.

 

Denise Fleming's "Barnyard Banter" was great. It was very colorful and very exciting for children and "Alphabet Under Construction" doesn't stop her great work! It too involves animals and wonderful colors and it would be easy to tie the books together in a lesson about noises with the alphabet and animals. This book involves a mouse editing the alphabet and he does everything from "folds the f" to "kinks the k". I love that involves words that start with that letter on each page and that the book is colorful and easy to read. The lettering on each page that you are actually reading is a completely different color than the page all together whether it be black or white which make the small statement stand out and look like the most important words on the page.

 

I love Fleming. She is really a great children's book author because she knows what will hold the attention of small children and she continues to make books that stand out and are still educational! A great activity with this would be to let the kids do the activity. Allow them to construct the alphabet with construction paper, pom poms, stickers, glue, pencils, markers, whatever is creative and can stand out.