Doodling Dragons: An ABC Book of Sounds

by Denise Eide, Ingrid Hess (Illustrator)

2013 Silver Medal Winner! - Moonbeam Children's Book Awards - Reading Skills & Literacy An imaginative journey of sounds that prepares young children to read. When children learn all the sounds made by each letter, they take a giant leap toward becoming strong readers and spellers. From Denise Eide, author of Uncovering the Logic of English, this playful introduction to the sounds of the alphabet opens the door for children to hear, say, recognize, and read the single-letter phonograms. But wait! The single letters of the alphabet do not tell the whole story of English. Discover the sounds of forty-nine multi-letter phonograms in Whistling Whales and Knitting Knights by Denise Eide! These delightful books, whimsically illustrated by Ingrid Hess, are sure to be read-aloud favorites!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Nonfiction

56 pages, Hardcover

First published February 11, 2012

Reviews

[Danica Midlil · Rating 4 out of 5]

We are just really focusing on the letter sounds with my 3-yr old and this was an invaluable book for clearly showing the different sounds possible with each letter. Really great!

[Margaret Chind · Rating 5 out of 5]

Originally posted on Creative Madness Mama.This is the continuation of a full review of Logic of English Foundations...

In addition, to these two full-color books mentioned in the last paragraph, we also received a square picture book by the same author titled Doodling Dragons: An ABC Book of Sounds. The book retails for $15.00. This has become my two-year-old daughter's favorite accessory and she is seldom seen without it. We also were blessed with the iOS Doodling Dragons App that I have used on my new iPhone 5C in the OB waiting room on numerous occasions and most recently on our family hand-me-down first generation iPad running iOS 5.1.1. The book is is about 10x10" and a quality hardcover. Each page spread contains a set of American Alphabet phonograms and a matching set of illustrations and words to example the phonogram sound. They are silly and fun and definitely have both of my girls (ages four and two, nearly five and three) entertained and in love. It is colorful and full of delight! The app is more than just the book, while the book is in the app with the ability to be read by the child or narrated to the child... there is also a phonogram legend where individual sounds can be selected and played aloud, as well as a game using the pages of the book where a student hears the sound then clicks on the picture what word is being blended.
This review was originally posted on Creative Madness Mama.

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

My girls love this as part of their phonics learning with Logic of English.
I only wish all the words to the songs were in the book and not a separate purchase.