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The Hullabaloo ABC by Beverly Cleary

libraryjen's review

3.0

The vintage illustrations are fun and the words Cleary uses to describe each letter are definitely not your typical ABC book, which is awesome. But, it also detracts a bit because the target audience (the preschool crowd) may not be able to hear the sound the "A" is making at the beginning of "Aha" and they certainly won't get an "S" sound from the word "Sh." But, the high energy will keep my story time kiddos entertained. So, I'll probably use it and have the kids act out 10 or so of the letters (yelling Cockadoodledoo will be fun!). But I'll substitute "squeak" for "shh" and "yell" for yodel. Also, I'll ask what other words start with that letter/sound on some of the more obscure ones (like "exclaim" for "x" and "whoop" for "w"). With a few tweaks, this one will be a hit.