A brilliant book to introduce phonemic awareness with words that rhyme along with the letters and words. Spin it in a tune, and I guarantee your kids will enjoy it, as much as my kids did!

Rhyming book that teaches the alphabet. Bright, basic pictures that are perfect for preschoolers.

This is a letter identification book, and it's awesome! For example:

A was one an apple pie,
pidy, widy, tidy, pidy,
nice insidy, apple pie!

This is great.

This alphabet book does a great job of illustrating the words as well as the letter. It provides various examples for each letter. I thought this book was fun and unique from most other alphabet books.

Genre: Picture Book-Alphabet Book (Free Choice)
Awards: N/A
Grades: Pre-K-1
A. I know this book is an alphabet picture book because it goes through the entire alphabet while showing examples of each, accompanied by things that rhyme with it.
B. This book uses great texture on the characters and objects. It makes all of the aspects more real, such as almost being able to smell the apply pie and feel the bears fur.
C. I would use this book to build language with rhymes and to show the full alphabet in the world around us.
D. What rhymed with the G word, goose, in the book? Goosey > moosey.

Mikayla Presley (5 stars)
A was Once an Apple Pie
Genre: Alphabet book
Awards:n/a
Audience: Preschool- 2nd
A was Once an Apple Pie is a book that goes through the entire alphabet and gives a phrase and object for each letter of the alphabet.
The texture of the book is interesting. Each picture in the book has a certain texture that brings life to the book. The illustrator of “A Was Once an Apple Pie” uses the texture adds life to the book which in turn adds life to the story of each letter.
I would use this book in a small group for rhyming words and letter recognition.

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My almost 3 year old loooooves this book. It's the perfect thing to encourage rhyming (which helps teach phonics sounds!)

A real “whale” of a tale.

Too sing-songy for my taste.

Great alphabet book that would work well with phonological awareness and also letter knowledge.

Recommended by kindergarten.