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Word Builder (2009)

by Ann Whitford Paul(Favorite Author)

3.12 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1416939814 (ISBN13: 9781416939818)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

review 1: Eh. My five-year-old son picked this book out from the library this week. He thought it was about letters. I thought it was about how letters formed words. We were both wrong. This book skipped right over how letters worked and went straight into how words formed sentences, and sentences for paragraphs, and how paragraphs form chapters, and how chapters form books. This is a picture book -- most of the target audience isn't concerned about writing a book (although my son already has); they are more concerned with writing their names or simple words. This book isn't terrible, but the focus is all wrong. The illustrations, on the other hand, are quite delightful.
review 2: Our family is made up of writers, engineers, architects, and teachers, so this book ... morehad definite appeal. It illustrated the concept of breaking a story down into paragraphs, sentences, words, and letters--by (literally) illustrating how letters can be built into such structures. Creative idea, great illustrations. I'd recommend it to K-2 teachers, but because it illustrates a concept, it seems more to me like a book to read once and remember, rather than a story to read multiple times. Bottom line: Get it from the library, use it as a metaphor to teach writing construction, but it probably doesn't need permanent real estate on your shelves. less

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