Watch William Walk

by Ann Jonas

William, Wally, Wilma, and Wanda are going for a walk--all within the confines of the letter "W" -- in this delightful, tongue-twisting alphabet adventure.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

24 pages, Hardcover

First published April 15, 1997

Reviews

[Beverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

All of the illustrations in the book are from the perspective of being above the characters, so that the reader sees the top side of the people and animals in the story, as if looking down from a tree.

[Marilyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great vocabulary! All the words start with W. Alissa was really interested in the footprints and actions.

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

William walks with Wally (his dog). Wilma waits for Wanda (a duck). Together, they all decide to wade in the water.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Creative. This book is written with every word starting with W.

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

This may be my favorite Ann Jonas title. Yes, it is just a brief title about a walk, but it is on the beach and really not much happens. However, it is the perspective from which we view this walk on the beach. Yes, it’s what one would call the “bird’s eye view” as one sees the boy and his dog from overhead, never a side or full front view. Plus we see the tracks of all the walkers. Very brief text and are you ready all the words in the entire title begin with W!!!
Besides preschoolers this title in my opinion would be great with older students through high school in art and creative writing classes.
Such a simple, but extremely different picture book title.

[Brandy Locchetta]

This is a book FULL of "W" words. I didn't even realize there was an entire that could be told using only words that begin with the letter W. I would use this book to enhance a lesson about alliteration, or to share with a small group of children when practicing letter sounds/identification. This book would be incredibly meaningful to a child who's name began with the letter W. I am also thinking this book would make great contributions to a word wall.

[Alyssa · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is perfect to introduce the W sound to children! Although it may be a tongue twister to read, every single word starts with the letter W. The words are not just randomly assembled on the page though, but used to create a story, which allows children to see the words in context. A perfect choice for teaching about the W sound.

[Paula · Rating 3 out of 5]

This could be used in story time if one can keep ones wits reading words with "W". The perspective of the illustrations is from above which adds to the unique story
In this alliterative story, William and Wilma take a walk with Wally the dog and Wanda the duck.

[Jon Wilson · Rating 4 out of 5]

All W words. Great to introduce the concept of alliteration. Students will enjoy the challenge of coming up with more "w" words or with coming up with a story using only words that start with a different letter.

[Monique Williams]

This book could be used when working on beginning sounds. The book contains all words that begin with the /w/ sound. I could use this book for literacy and alphabet letter sound awareness. The children could do many letter related activities after reading this book.

[Lori Shook · Rating 3 out of 5]

Talk about an explosion of alliteration--all of the word in the book begin with *w*. Similar to Roundtrip, this book can be flipped over and the illustrations tell a different story.

[Valerie · Rating 3 out of 5]

alliteration

[Alison Slack · Rating 5 out of 5]

Language Feature: illiteration