My "W" book

Jane Belk Moncure's Sound Box Books

by Jane Belk Moncure

Rev. ed. of: My w sound box. c1977.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

25 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1978

About the author

Jane Belk Moncure (born December 1926) is an American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She has also written under the names Bruce Wannamaker and Jennie Davis.

Moncure has lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. She lives in Elon College, North Carolina.

Moncure is a creative and prolific author: there are millions of her books in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Distribution has been primarily through The ChildsWorld, ChildrensPress and Scholastic. Her creations and works include My First Steps to Reading, My First Steps to Math, My First Steps to Science, Word Bird, The Soundbox Books, and The Magic Castle Series. Her works have been translated into British English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Malay. Belk Library, Elon University holds a collection of all published books by Moncure.

Jane Belk Moncure is a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. --from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Leslie Fisher · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great book for early readers and kids learning the sounds that accompany each letter of the alphabet. Some of the "W" words have pictures with them, so young kids can feel good about reading with the adult. I read the book, follow along with my finger, then let my kids tell me the word when we get to one with a picture. I also like that the books have a vocabulary of words from the book, as well as additional words not in the book, that are next to a picture, so your kids can learn even more words. I just really loved this concept, so I plan to read more in this series with my kids.

[Anne · Rating 3 out of 5]

What will Wendy find on her walk in the woods? Worms, wind, water and other wonders!
I don't really know of any other way to write a picture book about the concept of the letter W, so I guess this one is as good as any. The illustrations are clear and brightly colored. All the most common W words included that I could think of.

[Huratio · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite part was when they had a watermelon party!!

[Miss Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Little W is collecting items that start witht he letter w for her box. cute and great activitiy at end to do at home.

[Library Lady Terri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a great introduction series to an individual letter sound.

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Super cute book

[Little Champs]

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