I Spy A to Z: A Book of Picture Riddles

by Jean Marzollo, Walter Wick (Photographer)

Overview

Search-and-find riddles paired with amazing photographs will captivate kids of all ages in the bestselling I Spy series.

Easy-to-read rhymes by Jean Marzollo are paired with 46 object-filled photographs by Walter Wick to create the most engaging alphabet book ever! Young readers can use the simple picture clues to recognize the letter and letter sound featured on each page.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545107822
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2009
Series:	I Spy Series
Pages:	56
Sales rank:	16,638
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Walter Wick is the photographer of the international bestselling I Spy series as well as the author and photographer of the acclaimed Can You See What I See? series. He lives with his wife, Linda, in Miami Beach, Florida.
Award-winning author Jean Marzollo was the author of over 100 books, including the bestselling I Spy series; Help Me Learn Numbers 0-20; Help Me Learn Addition; Help Me Learn Subtraction; Pierre the Penguin; Soccer Sam; Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King; The Little Plant Doctor; In 1776; Mama Mama/Papa Papa; and I Am Water; as well as books for parents and teachers, such as The New Kindergarten.

Editorial Reviews

K-Gr 2–A comparison of this book to earlier “I Spy” publications shows that virtually every illustration in it appeared in those titles. One redeeming quality is the new text and a nod to phonics. An introduction for parents and teachers includes suggestions on how to use the book to help children learn to read. Marzollo’s familiar rhymes feature consistent phonetic sounds for letters that have more than one. For example, the “c” page colors in red only the instances in which “c” sounds like a “k.” The hidden items in the colorful photos, full of kid-friendly objects, are easy to locate. This is for a slightly younger audience than the previous books in the series, but those children might be better served by Roxie Munro’s Mazeways (Sterling, 2007).–Debbie Whitbeck, West Ottawa Public Schools, Holland, MI

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