My "k" book

Jane Belk Moncure's Sound Box Books

by Jane Belk Moncure

A little boy fills his sound box with many words beginning with the letter k.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

29 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1979

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

[Audrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little boy finds words that begin with the letter “K” to place in his “sound box.”

This book is fairly old, but the concept is still good. The book exposes the reader to many words that begin with the letter “K.” The author chooses some unusual words, and words that have fun illustrations, such as kaleidoscope, katydid, kettledrum, and kimono. This book represents the letter “K” in the My Sound Box series, and each letter of the alphabet has its own book in this series.

[Denise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jordyn loved all the kittens in this book.

[Ms. Biesecker]

Category: ABC books (beginning reader picture books)
Author: Jane Belk Moncure
Illustrator: Linda Hohag
Title: My “K” Sound Book
Publication date: 1979
Brief annotation: A little boy finds objects beginning with the letter “k” to fill up his sound box.
Themes: alphabet, “k” sounds/words
Ways to use the book with children: Working on “k” words and the “k” sound

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

We have recently gotten some reprints of this series in our easy reader collection, which I am very happy about. This series is a good one for parents who are wanting books to start working on learning to read. When I suggest it to parents, I encourage them to think of it as an activity they can play with their children, and identify words that have that sound in them.

[Sally · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm super glad that libraries invest in series like this one. A book for each letter of the alphabet. Cute, silly, effective. Only applicable for a very short time in a child's interest and education.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great for children learning their K sound

[Sarah Miller · Rating 5 out of 5]

These books are perfect for preschool aged kids learning their letters and early phonics! My toddlers enjoy getting to “read” with me with the pictures in the text.

[Little Champs]

K1

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little boy collects items begining with the letter K and has an adventure as a king. cute ending. Preschoola dn up

[Shannon George · Rating 5 out of 5]

A-Z wonderful for Pre-K readers. I love the simplicity of these books.