Alphabetland: The Story of O.Alphabetland: The Story of O Rick McAtee, author; Barbara Hammons, illustrator Turning a New Page PO Box 91603, Tucson, Arizona Tucson (pronounced /ˈtusɑn/, Spanish: Tucsón [tuk'son] 85752-1603 0976203022 $14.95 www.turningnewpage.com The latest in the Alphabetland series, which designed to help young readers understand and remember the patterns and phonetics phonetics (fōnĕt`ĭks, fə–), study of the sounds of languages from three basic points of view. Phonetics studies speech sounds according to their production in the vocal organs (articulatory phonetics), their physical properties of letters found in words, Alphabetland: The Story of O is a charming, colorful picturebook that explains why "oo" does not have a long sound. In Alphabetland: The Story of O, the "oo" twins are fractious frac·tious adj. 1. Inclined to make trouble; unruly. 2. Having a peevish nature; cranky. [From fraction, discord (obsolete). , unlike many other alphabet alphabet [Gr. alpha-beta, like Eng. ABC], system of writing, theoretically having a one-for-one relation between character (or letter) and phoneme (see phonetics). Few alphabets have achieved the ideal exactness. twins such as "ee" and "bb". The "oo" twins each look exactly alike, but want to be different, and their arguments almost get them expelled from Alphabetland. Wise old "Z" figures out the solution: "Since the oo twins are vowels and we already know vowels like to make different sounds, why don't we let the oo twins make different sounds? If o number 1 is in the lead, the oo twins will say 'oo' like in 'good.' If o number 2 is in the lead it will say 'oo' like in tool. When you meet the twins you will have to listen to what they say to know who is in the lead." Like all of the "Alphabet" series, Alphabetland: The Story of O is enthusiastically recommended for novice readers and especially for elementary school elementary school: see school. library and public library collections. |
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