Alphabet Mystery

My 3 year-old is OBSESSED with this book. It's hard for him to sit down and read. However, this book changes boring alphabet-learning into a mystery story that is engaging. He asks to read this over playing sometimes, which has never happened before. We've only had it for about 1 month and he's already making connections of "w" being two "v's," together, "y" having a tail to "v."

Exactly as promised

Great illustrations. Nice story.

My grandkids adore this series of three timeless alphabet adventures. The art is wonderful, the stories are charming. My grandkids take care of their books, but over the years I've had to replace them more than once because of all the love the books received. These are stories (also Alphabet Rescue and Alphabet Adventure) that they ask to have read to them again and again.

My 3 1/2 year old had no interest in traditional A, B, C books that went through the letters in order and just said words that started with each one. I really wanted her to start recognizing her letters so I began researching other options when I found this book (and the other 2 alphabet books by Audrey Wood). We were already fans of Wood from reading 'The Napping House' and 'Silly Sally' so I felt confident these wouldn't disappoint. Alphabet mystery is my daughter's favorite of the three alphabet books by Wood. She loves the story and recognizes all the main letters now, even outside of reading the story. Since buying this and the other alphabet books by Wood a month ago, my daughter has finally begun to recognize many letters both upper and lower case. I recommend these to all my friends with pre-school age kids.

I bought this for my daughter who was learning upper and lower case letters in preschool. I found it to be a great teaching tool. She likes the story so would ask for it to be read again and again. Then we could discuss the lower case letters and their sounds as we read. I particularly like the part where the letters pick out a gift, and each gift starts with the letter who picked it. Clever story and fun way to teach lower case letters!

I gave this book to one on my grandkids. I read one of the Alphabet books in the series to a class of preschoolers I teach. They were captivated by the pictures and the story.

This is a marvelous book for children learning their lower case letters. The concept of a mystery is clear and easy to then apply to any lost toys. The capital I and M can become bad guys just by reading their lines in a different voice. Adults will enjoy reading this book over and over again to the delight of their child. If Mom's birthday is coming, or has recently passed, the story will be very meaningful. The illustrations are beautiful and the text is clear and concise. A wonderful book for any young child.

Great condition and a good story

I gave this book 3/5 as a compromise. As a kindergarten teacher, I didn’t care for it at all. It makes no sense (who is Charlie? Where did that flying pencil come from?). However, my students enjoy it. I took it out of my read aloud collection and put it in the classroom library so that the kids can enjoy it.

excellent