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William Steig predicted internet-speak!

This book would probably drive me crazy now but when I was in grade school I thought it was the cleverest thing ever.

This book is an informational book but has no words in it. The main focus is working on how letters sound when pronounced out loud. I thought the book was cool at first but then it seemed to drag on and by the end of the book I was bored because there was no plot or storyline to it. This was written over 40 years ago so I think that it is a good book to have children read to know how to pronounce letters but that is about all it is good for. ( )

This book is simply a series of letters meant to represent whole words. A young reader who enjoys puzzles would probably enjoy this book very much.

This is the most awesome book for kids in the world. I remember this book like it was yesterday. Making the sounds and trying to figure out which words they were trying to mean. When I got each one I was simply enthralled. I would do the happy dance all through the halls into the kitchen to show my Mom that I had succeeded. I was a happy girl. In a sense I was reading, even though I was too young to read at the time. Even now, I remember how happy this book made me.

As an example, the books name CDB comes with a picture of a large bee and a flower - meaning

S e e t h e B e e

When I recognized that I was ecstatic. I was over the moon. To this day those three letters in succession will make me smile. I think all parents should get their kids this book. Make their brains work hard for rewards, instead of having everything presented to them on a silver platter in multimedia. How else will their brains grow if you don't?

CDB is one of my all time favorite childrens books and I absolutely love it. ( )