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With the ABC book, it helps encourage him to learn his letters while he still gets to enjoy his engines. My son is two and obssessed with Thomas.
The pages are thick and semi-glossy. She likes to look at this book while on the potty. I think it is pretty durable. My daughter is 20 months old and is a huge fan of Thomas. The cover is an ordinary, glossy hardcover. She can say nearly every letter sound at least kind of, despite the fact that she could say only the word baby back then and has since learned otherwise only dada, nana, and mama. After I started reading this book to her, at about 19 months old, she started saying her letters. Just today, she pointed to a letter and said it on her own.
"Q" is for quick. Thomas's ABC Book features color photographs of the beloved characters that live and work on the Island of Sodor, including Bertie the Bus, Sir Topham Hatt, Edward, James, Toby, Percy, Edward, and James. Young train enthusiasts will especially love this book-as well as parents wanting a short (but educational) bed-time story to read to the kids. James the Red Engine comes to a quick stop.This is a delightful book that introduces the alphabet for small children, and is especially engaging because of the colorful pictures that are actually clear still from videos (at least, that's what they look like). Each letter of the alphabet is highlighted, and is tied into a short sentence about the picture.For example:A" is for all aboard. "All aboard." calls Thomas the Tank Engine.
Big colorful pictures. I wouldn't say this is the greatest book to learn ABC from. However, my 2 year old, a Thomas fan, loves this book.
Despite much room available on the page, when the word is spelled out the first letter is in tiny font just like the rest of the letters. Paperback with flimsy paper that doesn't stand up to much wear. There is one page per letter with a photo from the televison show depicting the theme of that letter (not a hand drawn or computer generated illustration or cartoon). With all my little criticisms, I feel Iit's low cost justifies its purchase and replacement when it wears out.
Why not use T for Thomas (the one word the children are most familiar with), or else use Terence as he is pictured, or just say that T is for Thomas, AND Terence, AND Tracks. This book has gotten us through some long car trips and air flights. Some of the words are a stretch or strange (T is for tracks but then the photo shows Terence the tractor and the sentence is "Terence tells Thomas about his tracks". With that said, any little Thomas the Tank Engine lover will absolutely love this book.
The photos are great. I was hoping to use this book as a way to teach the letters to my son and this is why I am critical of these factors. Our copy is dog-eared and the back cover is ripped off and that didn't take long. I would prefer if the presenting letter were a larger font to highlight its' use in the word.
I do have a complaint that each letter is only shown in the upper case. For example: A is for all aboard and the photo is of Thomas stopped at a station. Every page has one sentence at the bottom that uses the word in context.
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