Short U and Long U: Play a Game

New Sound Box Books Alphabet Books

by Jane Belk Moncure

As two characters, Short "U" and Long "U," play a game that involves finding words that contain their sounds, children are introduced to such words as umbrella, ukulele, butterfly, and cucumber

30 pages, Library Binding

First published June 1, 1979

About the author

Jane Belk Moncure (born December 1926) is an American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She has also written under the names Bruce Wannamaker and Jennie Davis.

Moncure has lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. She lives in Elon College, North Carolina.

Moncure is a creative and prolific author: there are millions of her books in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Distribution has been primarily through The ChildsWorld, ChildrensPress and Scholastic. Her creations and works include My First Steps to Reading, My First Steps to Math, My First Steps to Science, Word Bird, The Soundbox Books, and The Magic Castle Series. Her works have been translated into British English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Malay. Belk Library, Elon University holds a collection of all published books by Moncure.

Jane Belk Moncure is a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. --from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Tyffani Mine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This short fiction book is about two characters, long u and short u, and their adventures in finding words with their sounds. The book reveals several term with the long u and short u sound. This book could be used to teach and introduce the distinctive long and short u sounds. The characters make discovering the sounds a game. This could be a good technique to use when teaching the sounds to young children.

[Carol · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good reinforcement to our phonics text.