![]() "Alphabet Mystery" by Audrey Wood, is the mystery of where the letter "x" has gone. I also, personally, don't like the 3-D animation pictures, I prefer the hand-drawn illustrations over this kind of art, however, I could see kids enjoying the realism, and it is easy to tell which objects are in action because of this style. It only highlights a couple letters, less than ten, but I feel like I would want to see each letter have their own contribution. There are lots of ways this book can be used to engage students in the classroom on each page, students may be asked to identify what letters they see, or students may predict what they believe happened to little x! There are quite a few educational aspects to identifying letters in this book, but not enough that I would read it to a new class. The story is quite strange and stupid to my adult mind, but I can see this being a good mystery book for young children. It a cheesy and cliché ending, but I could see mothers using this ending to say "I love you." Little x's role was to sign the cake - "xx xx," which stands for kisses. After short conflict, giant M lets the alphabet fly back home, where they come together to prepare a birthday cake for mother. Then, they see that little x has been working for giant M by performing a lullaby on the xylophone. The whole alphabet bans together to find little x at the castle. It supposedly runs away because it feels it does not get used enough in the alphabet and feels worthless compared to the rest. The baby alphabet prepares to go to bed when they realize little x has gone missing. I would consider this book to be an example of an anti-bias book because although the book didn’t have human characters, the alphabet still showed that every letter is equally useful and important. Giant M had explained that he wanted Little X to go back home and have Charley use him for his mother. Lastly, climax was used when Giant M didn’t want to turn the little alphabet letters into soup. Foreshadowing was used when we were given a hint of where little x could be. Personification was used when the author made the little x feel like Charley was not using him. The author used climax, foreshadowing, and personification. This book kept me on my toes and made me wonder what would happen next. This book was a WOW book for me because I thought this book would not be as interesting as it was. Reading this book to children, could teach them to not give up on what they are looking for and teach them the letters of the alphabet while having some fun. Not only is it considered a Mystery because it is in the title but also because the letters were on a quest to find Little X. Friendship is shown throughout the whole book but one example of friendship that I saw in the book was when Charley’s Alphabet realized that little x was missing and they all wanted to find him. One of the major themes in this book is friendship. As they wanted Little X to come back home, Little X explained why he ran away and felt useless. ![]() They are given a heads-up that if they wake up Giant M, they will be turned into alphabet soup. As they went in, they found Little X dancing on a xylophone. As they started their search, they came across a hint that may help them find x. His alphabet starts saying their letter as they are tucking themselves into bed and realize that their friend Little X is missing! They are determined to find their friend. Alphabet Mystery by Audrey and Bruce Wood is about an alphabet that comes from a boy named Charley.
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