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The first in the Bo Books series, using very short words in order to make it easier for children to learn how to read. "Y" uses only one-letter "words", "Bo, Go Up!" uses words no longer than two letters, and "Cat Egg" uses words no longer than three letters.
"Y" is about a little girl who asks her dad why the sky is blue and the grass is green. He doesn't know and gets frustrated, but she opens his eyes, literally and figuratively.
The e-book version is free at http://bobooks.org or https://www.smashwords.com/books/byse...
"Y" is about a little girl who asks her dad why the sky is blue and the grass is green. He doesn't know and gets frustrated, but she opens his eyes, literally and figuratively.
The e-book version is free at http://bobooks.org or https://www.smashwords.com/books/byse...
32 pages, Paperback
Published August 31, 2019
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November 7, 2021
What a great introduction to the concept that ideas encoded in sounds can further be encoded into letters. Of course these single letters are not how the words are spelled, the idea of spelling comes later. But meaning in letters is conveyed in this clever story supported by heart warming and meaningful pictures.
January 13, 2020
What a brilliant idea! I can’t think of a better way to start a child reading than to teach them how letters become words. Kudos to the author. Highly recommend this book to parents and child-care professionals.
August 5, 2020
I read these books to my kindergarten class last school year but I forgot to post about them!
They are cute little stories that my class enjoyed. The best part is that they were able to read them by themselves later!
Note: I received copies of these books in exchange for an honest review.
They are cute little stories that my class enjoyed. The best part is that they were able to read them by themselves later!
Note: I received copies of these books in exchange for an honest review.
November 1, 2019
Marketed at children aged two to five years of age (though I'm sure even younger children will find it enjoyable) 'Y' (the first of the Bo Books) is based around the concept that reading would be even easier if only simple sounds were used.
The story of a little girl who asks why the sky is blue and the grass is green ... 'Y' is a 1-letter word book with sentences like U C A B? Y? (You See A Bee? Why?) that once mastered, the reader, having a sense of achievement and pride, moves onto the next book ('Bo Go Up!').
Reading it did at first feel slightly alien in so much as as adults we are not accustomed to stories written using entirely only 1-letter words. However thinking about it, small children do talk using very short words that gradually get bigger as they develop and so, yes, it makes perfect sense that little ones will enjoy the book, the reading of which may well come to them more naturally than books for children which all too often use 'big' words and anything that encourages reading; that makes it that much easier to master has to be a good thing, right?
A fun stories accompanied by detailed full colour double page illustrations that are full of expression. I loved how 'up to date' 'Y' felt; that its a male character (the child's dad?) who takes the girl (his daughter?) to the park.
Copyright ... Felicity Grace Terry @ Pen and Paper
Disclaimer ... Received with thanks from the author, no financial gain was asked for nor received
The story of a little girl who asks why the sky is blue and the grass is green ... 'Y' is a 1-letter word book with sentences like U C A B? Y? (You See A Bee? Why?) that once mastered, the reader, having a sense of achievement and pride, moves onto the next book ('Bo Go Up!').
Reading it did at first feel slightly alien in so much as as adults we are not accustomed to stories written using entirely only 1-letter words. However thinking about it, small children do talk using very short words that gradually get bigger as they develop and so, yes, it makes perfect sense that little ones will enjoy the book, the reading of which may well come to them more naturally than books for children which all too often use 'big' words and anything that encourages reading; that makes it that much easier to master has to be a good thing, right?
A fun stories accompanied by detailed full colour double page illustrations that are full of expression. I loved how 'up to date' 'Y' felt; that its a male character (the child's dad?) who takes the girl (his daughter?) to the park.
Copyright ... Felicity Grace Terry @ Pen and Paper
Disclaimer ... Received with thanks from the author, no financial gain was asked for nor received
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