My "J" Sound Box

Jane Belk Moncure's Sound Box Books

by Jane Belk Moncure, Colin King (Illustrator)

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

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

29 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1964

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

[Bridgette Elston · Rating 4 out of 5]

Currently working our way thru this series. J is a hard one but it skipped words like "jaw" and did use words like "jack rabbit". Usually they stick to words these prereaders will use or encounter in every day life but I give it a pass cause J is a tough one.

[dsmith7272 Gwinnett Tech · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is interactive. I do feel like the book is outdated, but I believe that it can help children become familiar with the letter J. It is great for starting out with words that start with J and moving on to physical activities that start with the letter J.

[Alexandria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another book picked to help my babysitting charge work on his hard consonants. And, like most of the others, it bored both of us. Some of the artwork was pretty enough, but it got repetitive. When both the words and the art are repetitive, it's a recipe for a pretty midline book. The best part was at the beginning and end. There were pictures of several things starting with "J" that didn't appear in the book, and this let us make up our own sort of game based around the letter "J". Other than that, the book was entirely forgettable.

[Kristen]

J is for Jace (and jump, and jack rabbit, and jumbo jet). Jace loved learning about all the other J words, just like "Jace!"

[Michelle Gray · Rating 2 out of 5]

The story is a little weird but it is really good at using the J sound.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A boy named J is collecting items that start with the letter J and putting them in box. Preschool and up

[Tara DuBose-Schmitt · Rating 2 out of 5]

A small boy wears his jeans and jacket and drives a jeep to round up implausible animals. I am not going to read the other letter books this woman has written.

[Little Champs]

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