His feet are visible, but it's not clear whether he's floating in the deep end or standing in the shallow. The line “I wish you more tippy-toes than deep” accompanies a picture of a boy happily swimming in a pool. It starts out simply enough: two children run pell-mell across an open field, one holding a high-flying kite with the line “I wish you more ups than downs.” But on subsequent pages, some of the analogous concepts are confusing or ambiguous. 4-10)Ī collection of parental wishes for a child. Knuckle down and purchase this book or teachers will make your lives wretched. Reed combines acrylic paint with collage to maximum effect: Each of the silent letters has a personality all its own, while her cartoon stick figures convey all the emotion and energy needed to carry the story. Within the text itself, silent letters are highlighted whenever they appear. Chaos ensues, but then the silent letters parade out of the closet, finally to get the credit they deserve. They express their opinion in a perfectly typed letter to the editor, but just before they hit send, the dumbfounded silent letters sneak out and hide. In fact, the students have had it with silent letters and the difficulty they cause in spelling lessons. Wright’s class still does not appreciate them.
Even though the silent letters never make a fuss or complain, Mr.
Page-turn signals are optional.Pulver and Reed have once again managed to craft a book so clever and fun that both teachers and students alike will be enthralled ( Nouns and Verbs Have a Field Day, 2006, etc.). The story is enhanced with background sounds, subtle music, and sound effects. John Beach's narration varies with each letter and character and his pacing pairs well with the non-linear text patterns. A spoken-only preface encourages listeners to imagine silent letters all having different personalities and voices. Children may have an "aha!" moment if they see the email-abandoned by the insulted letters-written out before they begin the story. The silent letters in the text are printed in a simple outline-only font. Lynn Rowe Reed's bright and inventive letters are made of an array of odds and ends, textures and media.
"Rit's" students see the error of their ways and realize silent letters are "mighty fine," not "mity fin." Pulver's latest grammar lesson (Holiday House, 2008) can be a fun accompaniment to what could otherwise be a pedantic word study. Overhearing the complaints and feeling wretched, the silent letters sneak out of the email, leaving it nonsensical and riddled with embarrassing spelling mistakes. "We can't hear them, so who needs them? They should be banned!" proclaim the students in an email to the newspaper. Wright's students are frustrated by silent letters.
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