By: Anna Jane HayesRandom House; 2004; 32 pages
Easy Reader; Phonics
Ages: Pre-school - 1st Grade
ISBN: 0-375-91233-9
Silent E introduces children to how vowels change with his presence as he interacts with his friends and changes their bits to bites, pins to pines, and tubs to tubes.
My Thoughts:
The Step into Reading series is one of the most popular in my library system. Kids appreciate that they can easily find books at their level, and parents appreciate that they can find books that will help their children improve their literacy. This addition to the series is...adequate. It does what it sets out to do, but doesn't go above or beyond. In fact, Hays has to push the envelope in order to make her point on a few of her word pairs. (For example, she has Silent E turn an angry cub into a melting cube.) However, if one is to take this book as what it purports to be...a book that will teach children about silent e's, and a title in a complete phonetic series, one can't complain. (I mean, there had to be a silent e book, so it might as well be this one.) If you are looking for a Caldecott or Newbery caliber title to teach your child phonics, you will be disappointed. But if you just want to get the concept across in an entertaining manner, this book will meet your needs.
Thoughts of Others:
There was literally only 1 review that I could find anywhere...and that one was from a mom on Amazon. She thought it was a cute story. URGH! Series books are SOOOOO hard to find reviews on. I couldn't even find any reviews of the series as a whole, since it is more a system of learning than a series of books.
1 comment:
A thoughtful and well done review. And don't stress about not finding a review. Like you said, it is hard to find on series like this. I appreciate you letting me know you tried.
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