My "d" Book

Jane Belk Moncure's Sound Box Books

by Jane Belk Moncure, Colin King (Illustrator)

The "My First Steps to Reading" series is based on a teaching activity that helps children learn to recognize letters and their sounds. The use of predictable language patterns and repetition of familiar words will also help your child build a basic sight vocabulary. Your child will enjoy watching the characters in the books place imaginative objects in "letter boxes." You and your child can even create and fill your own letter box, using stuffed animals, cut-out pictures, or other objects beginning with the same letter. This book concentrates on the letter d. Blends are included.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Nonfiction, Kids

29 pages, Hardcover

First published January 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

[Lorellie · Rating 5 out of 5]

We're really loving this series. Will likely borrow them all from the library as our Pre-K year goes on.

[Shayla]

I thought that this book was very creative and uses steps to first reading. I read this book to myself and started to think that the book would fit perfectly for little girls. The book focuses more on a little girl who takes care of her toy dolls. The creative part was that the illustration was lovely and the most of the pictures were relevant to the letter "D". I thought the very ending of the book was resourceful because the author leaves additionally words that also start with the letter "D".

[Luke Pacifico · Rating 4 out of 5]

1) No awards given.
2) Pre-K to 1.
3) A story about a girl who tries to find things that start with the letter "d" to put them in her "d" sound box.
4) Jane Belk Moncure has a book for each letter of the alphabet, but kids love these books because it can be very interactive while you're reading it and after. This is a great teaching tool.
5) You can ask kids to list other things that might go into the "d" sound box.

[Yates Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is all about the letter d. The little girl finds things that begin with the letter d and puts them in her box. The girl talks about two community helpers: doctor and dentist. This book would be good for little girls because it has a lot to do with dolls.

[Denise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jordyn loved when little d bought donuts for her dolls. She said that was so precious.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little D is collecting items that start with the letter D for her box and having an adventure as she does. Preschool and up

[Aarvik · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice read!

[Tommy Schlosser · Rating 3 out of 5]

Helpful, but a bit to basic yet missing some obvious verb & vocabulary that would be better suited for the target age.

[Set · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable little girl collects things that start with the letter d and puts them in a box. She takes care of her dolls and takes them to the doctor and dentist.

[Caroline · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great little series for the letter your kiddo is learning.

[Hope · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read at Reedsburg Public Library in Wisconsin

[Little Champs]

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[Sloane]

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