Alamosa Public Library

The unknown history of letters. For as long as any letter could remember, Vowels and Consonants had been enemies. U without N? Q without U? Mpssh! you say. Yet once, long ago, P's and Q's minded their p's and q's, and U and I deserved not one iota of respect. For their part, Vowels knew only that the dot on the youngest i was far more important than the most capital W. And so they came to wage a fierce war to prove who were the better letters. But...

A parade of characters and animals introduces beginning consonant sounds.

This book presents fourteen sentences using rhyming words that have short vowel sounds with a consonant digraph, a letter that comes together to create a new sound such as ch, sh, th, kn, ng, and ck.

This book presents fourteen sentences using rhyming words that have long vowel sounds with a consonant digraph, a letter combination that comes together to create a new sound such as ch, sh, th, kn, and wr.

"The plum on the drum is glum. With rhyming, carefully leveled text and comedic, colorful illustrations, this book provides plenty of examples of short vowel sounds with consonant blends and encourages readers to try the sounds for themselves"--

Little a fills his box with things beginning with the letter "a" and is treated to a ride by an astronaut.

"The swine put twine on my spine. With rhyming, carefully leveled text and comedic, colorful illustrations, this book provides plenty of examples of long vowel sounds with consonant blends and encourages readers to try the sounds for themselves"--

Easy-to-read sentences introduce words that contain a silent "GH, " such as light, daughter, and highway.

Simple text featuring the sounds of the letter D tells about a visit to a veterinarian.

This volume explains such topics as long vowel sounds with consonant digraphs and inflectional endings by using comic, incongruous situations to get explain the points.