Readers learn the alphabet along with George as the man in the yellow hat teaches the curious monkey how to read.
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May 02, 2009
Ebookwormy
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Everybody loves Curious George! And there you have the appeal of this alphabet rendering of George's adventures.
Illustrating the capital and lower case letter (such as A is like and Alligator's mouth and a is like a cut apple) is intriguing, but not enough to justify doubling the already laborious alphabet. As the man with the yellow hat explains each letter, he uses little vingettes of George's experience ("You know what a cab is. I once took you for a ride in a cab, remember? More...
Illustrating the capital and lower case letter (such as A is like and Alligator's mouth and a is like a cut apple) is intriguing, but not enough to justify doubling the already laborious alphabet. As the man with the yellow hat explains each letter, he uses little vingettes of George's experience ("You know what a cab is. I once took you for a ride in a cab, remember? More...
Aug 17, 2010
Libby
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This is a great idea, but definitely too advanced to be useful for my 23-mo-old son. The man with the yellow hat teaches George about the alphabet by drawing pictures from the letters that look like something that begins with that letter. he does it for big and small versions of every letter in the alphabet. It's a great idea, but my son isn't even old enough to understand the concept of "words that begin with the letter"... but it could be a great tool to help older kids. Even so,
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Jan 01, 2011
Shanna
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This book is different from the rest of the Curious George series, because it is primarily devoted to introducing each letter of the alphabet by transforming the letter into an animal or other object. This device makes the letters memorable, and many of the letter-pictures are accompanied by sidebar-style scenes and commentary in the margin. There is just enough humor to help retain interest, as George takes breaks to make up silly words, play football, and go out for doughnuts (mischievously
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Sep 04, 2009
Rachel
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This is really cute for a kid who is learning the alphabet, like mine is. It definitely helps reinforce the letters and give good examples of words that follow it. It is really long, but it is a fun read-along with the audiobook. I'd definitely recommend it for preschool kids who love curious george!
Nov 02, 2009
Samantha
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A little more in depth than the average ABC book. I enjoyed sounding out the words George made along with him. However, nobody-not even a monkey can learn to read and write that fast.
Mar 19, 2011
Dylan & Belle
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Rated and reviewed by Dylan, age 7
It's about a monkey who learns his letters. I love how they made the pictures. My favorite letter was W because it was whiskers. I liked all the letters because they all meant different things.
I liked how they made the artwork with the letters.
It's about a monkey who learns his letters. I love how they made the pictures. My favorite letter was W because it was whiskers. I liked all the letters because they all meant different things.
I liked how they made the artwork with the letters.
Mar 26, 2010
Beth
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Curious George doesn't know how to read, so the man with the yellow hat teaches him the alphabet with big and little letters. He uses the donut snacks to spell "the end."
Dec 04, 2010
Yates
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This book is an alphabet book. I really like how it has capital and lowercase letters examples in it. It is really creative and every child loves Curious George.
Sep 24, 2009
Lori
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The narrative on this one is great about pointing out the different sounds that one letter can make. "U" "George knew how to USE an UMBRELLA".
Aug 06, 2008
Skylar
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This isn't good for teaching the alphabet the first time around, but it's a good review for a young child who has already (recently) learned the alphabet; it emphasizes lowercase equally with capital letters and begins with some spelling of some words. It's a little long and drawn out, but for my daughter, who can already recognize and write all uppercase letters, it was a good refresher--and I hope a motivator to begin sounding out words--and it had George, of course. I like the way it tied bac
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Nov 11, 2011
Chase
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It was nice & helped me learned more things for school. Because I'm doing letters at school.
Jun 27, 2011
Jessie
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It was a cute book, but a little too "wordy" to hold my 3 year olds attention. He usually loves abc books, but this one bored him.
May 15, 2008
We weren't as fond of this one as the other Curious George books -- probably because there wasn't much of a story. We had to keep stopping and picking the book up the next night because we got bored (it took us 4 nights to finish.)
Oct 18, 2007
Shevonne
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This book was horrible to teach a child his/her alphabets. There were long drawn out explanations of the letters and their sounds, and my children were bored after I started reading the first page.
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