1. K is for Keystone By: Kristen Kane Summary: The book starts with “A is for Amish” and “B is for Bill Cosby because he was born in Pennsylvania.” Each letter stands for something different that belongs or symbolizes Pennsylvania in one way or another. Not only does it explain what the letter symbolizes it gives a little blurb on the side of the page explaining why. Characters: No real characters Setting: No real setting Theme: History 2. On Market Street By: Anita and Arnold Lobel Summary: This is an alphabet book and it starts out with a lady telling us that she was going to Market Street and she was going to buy… (It then continued to go through the alphabet and give one item for each one). At the end of the story the lady spent all her money and ended up buying a present for her friend. Characters: No real characters Setting: Market Street Theme: Friendship and the alphabet 3. Alphabet Mystery By: Audrey Wood Summary: This book teachers young reader their lower case letters. But the letter x is missing from Charley’s alphabet and the lowercase letter try to solve the alphabet mystery. The letters then learn that little x was upset because Charley didn’t use him as much as the other letters. . The little letter x was all over Charley’s birthday cake because he’s the only one who stands for kisses. This is a great way to introduce the alphabet to young children! Characters: The letter x, Charley Setting: No real setting Theme: Alphabet 4. The Dangerous Alphabet By: Neil Gaiman Summary: A is for always that’s where we embark; B is for boat, pushing off in the dark; C is the way that we find and we look; D is for diamonds, the bait on the hook E’s for the evil that lures and entices; F is for fear and its many devices; G is for good, as in hero and morning; H is for “Help Me!” – A cry and a warning; I am the author who scratches these rhymes; J is the joke monsters make of their crimes; K’s but a kiss – lovers glow with elation; L is like ‘eaven, their last destination; M is for mirrors you’ll stare in forever; N is for night and for nothing and never; O is for ovens, far under the street; P is for piracy, blunt or discreet; Q is for quiet (bar one muffled scream); R is a river that flows like a dream; S is for -somewhere- a skull and its smile; T is for treasure heaped into a pile; U are the reader who shivers with dread;V is for vile deeds done in the night; W’s warning went over your head; X marked the spot, if we read the map right; Y’s your last question, the end of the ring; (Z waits alone, and it’s not for a thing). Setting/Plot: Two children, treasure map, and their pet gazelle sneak past their father and into a world beneath the city. 5. Counting Kisses By: Karen Katz Summary: The mother is giving her crying baby kisses to get her to sleep. She gives “10 little kisses on teeny tiny toes” and continues the entire book that way. She will show the number and write the number as well as giving the kisses on different parts of the body with different adjectives to describe those kisses. Characters: A mother and her baby Setting: House Theme: Family Love 6. Goodnight Moon By: Margaret Wise Brown Summary: The book starts out pointing out all of the objects in a “great green room.” It continues on throughout the story by saying goodnight to all of the objects in the room. Characters: No real characters Setting: House Theme: Saying goodnight
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