ABC T-Rex: An Appetizing Alphabet Book for Kids (Ages 4-7) About a T-Rex and Food

by Bernard Most

T-Rex loves the alphabet so much, he wants to eat it up. So he takes a bite or two, and he finds that C is chewy, D is delicious, and K tastes great with ketchup! Go out to eat with T-Rex, get a taste of this appetizing alphabet--and learn a little about food and a lot about fun! •Nearly half a million Bernard Most dinosaur books sold to date •Uses the alphabet to introduce many foods to very young children

Genres: Picture Books, Dinosaurs, Childrens, Storytime, Kids, Juvenile

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

About the author

Bernard Most is an author of children's books, especially books about dinosaurs. He lives in Westchester County, New York with his wife, two cats, and many fish.

Reviews

[Samantha N · Rating 4 out of 5]

1.N/A

2.Preschool - 2nd grade

3. Bernard Most’s charismatic dinosaur book allows children to explore through a pictorial narrative of a hungry T-Rex who loves the alphabet. From start to finish the books sequence the alphabet with whimsical rhythms using adjectives and verbs to describe how the T-Rex wants to consume each letter. The colorful illustrations in this book allow the audience to identify various objects and food that correspond with each letter presented. This eager T-Rex’s will allow the audience to interact as they search for relatable images that are amusing and playful for ages 3-7.

4. I found this book to be extremely engaging and I would absolutely use this book as an introductory lesson to letter identification. The educational content in this book is humorous and clever and students would enjoy finding disguised objects pronounced with each bold typed letter introduced (C is for carousel). For early learners, this would be a great tool to teach them their uppercase and lowercase letters along with practicing phonics to strengthen their recognition of sounds in the alphabet.

Dinosaur Themed Lessons

(Preschool-Kindergarten)
Dinosaur letter tracing: In a small group, children can practice tracing printed lowercase and uppercase letters with toys Dinosaurs. Each colored dinosaurs would correspond with a colorful letter. Children will enjoy matching colors and tracing letters in this playful activity that teaches letter recognition and formation.

Accredited: Nichole Franklin
https://modernpreschool.com/dinosaur-...

(Kindergarten - 2nd)
Ice Cream Beginning Sounds Picture Sort: Since that hungry T-Rex loved to eat in this center activity children will sort pictures and add scoops to each ice cream cone that corresponds with a letter. For younger ages, this activity can focus on the isolation of beginning sounds. As children advance this lesson will guide understanding of syllables, blending and segmenting phonemes, along with coherence of letter sounds.

Accredited: Erin Guge
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/P...

[Sarah Thalmann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Follow the adventures of a T-Rex as he munches his way through the alphabet! Each page contains a short statement associating the featured letter with a word or words beginning with that letter. Some of these statements are likely to require explanations during a read-aloud given the advanced vocabulary used, such as "L was luscious" and "I was irresistible," and the statement "X reminded him of his Xercycle" seems somewhat of a stretch. Each drawing, executed in cheerful shades of primarily green, dark orange, and purple, is detailed and contains a number of items that begin with the featured letter, which is always present and slightly gnawed-upon. For example, the illustration for the letter A also contains apples, artichokes, acorns, avocados, airplanes on the T-Rex's overalls, and an ant. However, at times the items are difficult to identify, such as the skewers of yellow cubes and orange globes on the T page that the list of items to search for in the back of the book identifies as "toothpicks." The result is that reading this book can be much more time-consuming than the short text would seem to indicate if children search for and name the items, but the potential for this interaction makes this an excellent book not only to learn the shapes of the letters, but also to associate each letter with pictures of common items. Target audience: Ages 3-7

[Courtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

Books such as the one above always amuse me, they are filled with different words and adjectives that are used for each letter of the alphabet.

I have found that in reading this book to my son today, he enjoys the play on words. For example, delicious was used to describe the T-Rex eating spaghetti. My five year-old laughed because he couldn't understand why the T-Rex was wanting to eat the letter D instead of the spaghetti.

I also enjoy the fact that this short-story is wonderful for my one year-old. Not only are we teaching her the alphabet, but we are always teaching her new words. She might not be able to pick up the play on words as her brother does, but she is able to laugh and giggle as I make the different sounds with the different words.

Books such as these are wonderful to have. They are great for the entire family to enjoy, and everyone receives something beneficial.

[Sereen Hudaib · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great book for Letters with a lot of vocabulary on each page, the vocabulary is different than the usual A is for Apple, and be is for the ball, This book is good to use for adding new different vocabulary to enhance Communication, Language, and Literacy for children. Illustrations are visually appealing; each page has a lot of pictures that start with the letter. Not so great for group readings, because the pictures are small.

[Nicole Graham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bright vibrant colors, bold alphabet letters, engaging book, students can identify letters and the different things that start with that letter. Interactive, fun, easy to follow, easy read, can be created into an activity of the different letters the T-rex ate. Teaches the correct order of the alphabet.

[Maliha Arman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a fun way for children to learn their alphabets. Many children interested in animals get an opportunity to enjoy the images in the book. This book is very beneficial when speaking about alphabets and animals. Some children may be be pulled in by the title its self. Its a fun and creative way to create love for the alphabets.

[Kimberly Medley · Rating 4 out of 5]

ABC T-Rex can support children in alphabet knowledge and recognition in letters. This book is very descriptive with each letter, such as A is appetizing. The illustrations provides more objects that start with the same letter on the page. For example, the letter E that are eggs and elephants on the page.

[Jewel · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a good book for learning the alphabet and also words that start with that letter. It uses pictures of common foods and items to help children identify them. I think this would be best for use for pre k age children. Some items in the book might need to be explained to the children (like carousel).

[Chiquita wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

ABC T-Rex was a creative choice of words to teach children their letters and learn new vocabulary words. I like colorful art paintings very much And I feel very hungry while reading this book. Many activities can be used with this book, for example, matching letters, create a poem, and making art. Children like to read books with their peers and look at pictures.

[Tabitha Vanover · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book give a great to teach the alphabet. I like the way Bernard used the T-Rex appetite to discuss the Alphabet. I also loved the pictures. For each letter there was word that started with that letter and all the items in that picture started with that letter as well.

[Ashley Zuniga · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrations in the book are interesting for children to look at especially for children. The illustrations are full of differnet colors. The book is easy to follow for children. I would recommend using this book when teaching children the alphabet.

[Paola Nunez · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a good book to use when teaching children the alphabet. It has very good illustrations that grab a lot of attention. It is DAP for children in Pre-K, based on the words that were used in the book.

[Trenea Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

ABC T- Rex is a great book when learning the ABC's or learning words that begin with the letters in the alphabet. I really enjoy the illustration very colorful and engaging for young children. Great story to us with a lesson plan teaching young children their ABC's or even focusing on one letter.

[Shenika Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to use during large group. This book is good to have while teaching letter recognition. Gives the child easy words to remember for each letter. The repetitive words and illustrations will keep the child engaged.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a great book that introduces letters to young children. The pictures were very colorful, and I think this is a book that would catch a lot of young children's attention. This book was short and sweet.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like it's name implies, this book involves a T-Rex eating the alphabet. Each picture has a number of objects that begin with the letter of the alphabet the dinosaur is eating. On the last page is a list of extra things to find.

[Tami Speakman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is engaging for the children because what kid doesn't like dinosaurs especially T-Rex. The book goes through the alphabet and helps the children see words that start with each letter. The end of the book even shows more words that start with each letter to continue the reading.

[Lauren Mowrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

ABC T-REX is the perfect book for talking about the alphabet. The book has great illustrations showing different foods and iteams starting with each letter of the alphabet. This would be a great book to read to the class or for kids to explore on their own.

[Tracey Congo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book had great pictures and alphabet words that typically aren't seen. I liked that it had a dinosaur introducing the letters because it makes it fun and interesting for children. This book would be great to use as review letters with children while you are reading it to them.

[Grace Fischer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book would be great to read to children when they are learning the alphabets. Children can engage by coming up with words and sentences that starts with each alphabets like the one's from the book.

[Karla · Rating 5 out of 5]

GREAT ABC book for preschool

[Lateesh Corbitt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a good alphabet awareness book. The pictures are inviting. The word choices are all related to food.

[Zachary Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. I think this book would help alphabet acquisition for children. I thought the illustrations were nice. The clever alliteration was also a nice touch. Overall I enjoyed this book.

[Vanessa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Book for teaching letters. Very colorful. New vocabulary and uses dexribing words for each letter of the alphabet.

[Mary Greer Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book for letter recognition and concrete supporting fruits to make connections in language and literacy skills.

[Kierra Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how it’s a fun book to read as well as educational. Each letter has many things that start with that letter. I love how it teaches the sound as well.

[Jordan Ledford · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is good for going over the alphabet. It has a variety of dinosaurs throughout the book. The illustrations are colorful and pop out!

[Jessica Buchanan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought that this book was really cute because this dinosaur is all about eating and decides to chomp his way through the alphabet.

[Christiana Freeman]

Bright and “fun” illustrations. This is a perfect tool for an alphabet learner. The author perfectly emphasizes the letters in the alphabet. A good lesson plan: Eating the Alphabet.

[Melissa Alvarez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for children to learn their ABC's as well as the sounds that each letter makes.