The Letters Are Lost!

by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Other authorsLisa Campbell Ernst (Illustrator)
Paperback, 1999

Status

Available

Call number

411

Publication

Puffin Books (1999), 32 pages

Description

Long ago all the letters of the alphabet were together in their box, but one by one they disappeared and now the reader helps to find them.

User reviews

LibraryThing member Esus15
this book is a great way to help kids recognize the ABCs, each letter they find has the letter block in the picture as well as on the bottom of the page that begin the sentence like; A flew by in an airplane. i really like that they make that connection so kids to see where they letter block is in
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the picture.
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LibraryThing member morgantk
I liked all the places/words that the author picked to go with the specific letters. M- mirror, T-toothpaste, etc. allow children to connect with vocabulary around their house. The illustrations were great. Having the farmer on almost every set of two pages showed his journey of looking for the
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lost letters. The colors are bright and I could see kids picking this book as a favorite.
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LibraryThing member mirandamae18
This is a very cute book about a hunt for missing alphabet blocks. With some simple alliterations, the reader helps find all the blocks in their "hiding places." Once the story ends, the text leads you to believe that the story will begin all over again. I found the pictures in this book to be very
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cute and I think that my students would really enjoy this story. It would fit in perfectly with our first grade alphabet unit and the "letter hunt" we do at the conclusion of the lessons.
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LibraryThing member debrajohnson316
The Letters are Lost is the story of twenty-six alphabetical blocks that disappear from their box. The blocks each end up in a situation that corresponds with their given letter. Upon finding all twenty-six blocks, the author states that they will soon disappear again and asks the reader to guess
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where they might go.

This is a very good book for alphabet recognition and alliteration. The illustrations are very good for children in primary grades. I enjoyed the question creating creativity at the end of the book.

In the classroom, I would have my students state the letter on each block as we read through the pages. This would promote letter recognition. I would also create a poster board with all twenty-six letters and assign them each one letter. They would then be asked to explain a new place the letter went with the use of alliteration.
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LibraryThing member cacv78
Ernst, Lisa Campbell. (1996). The Letters are Lost! New York: Scholastic Inc.
This book is an alphabet book in which each letter of the alphabet is part of a one sentence story. The drawings are colorful and with details depicting what the once sentence story for each letter.
Compared to the other
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book in this genre, Baby's First Library ABC, this books is geared more towards an older beginning reader. It requires the reader to have a little more patience to be able to sit through the story for each letter. It is also a paperback book which older readers can handle a bit better.
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LibraryThing member kellyknight01
In this book, the letters are all "lost" from the toy-box and it is the children's job to find them all. Each page follows a different letter (in alphabetical order) and shows where it ends up. This book uses watercolors to have a very light, simple, but vibrant feel
LibraryThing member wichitafriendsschool
Once upon a time, all the letters of the alphabet were together. But now they're lost! One showed up in the Bath. There was one under a Hat, another one on a Quilt, and even one in the Sandbox. Where are the rest? Readers will delight in finding out in this vibrant, charming introduction to the
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alphabet.
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Language

Original language

English

Physical description

32 p.; 10.08 x 0.1 inches

ISBN

014055663X / 9780140556636
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