Publisher's Synopsis
This illustrated children's picture book contains original rhymes and silhouettes from many well-known children's tales, one for each letter of the alphabet. It is meant to teach young children the alphabet, while also illustrating some of their favorite fairy tales and other classic stories, with characters such as Goldilocks, Sleeping Beauty and Yankee Doodle Dandy. It also introduces children to some lesser known characters, such as Ireland's Finn McCool or colonial America's Rip Van Winkle. Hopefully, children will be inspired to then read the full texts of these classic stories.As with all of Barbara's other original full color illustrated picture books, this book concludes with a bonus draw and tell story on the book's central theme. In this case, the draw and tell story is about books and reading. This picture book also includes instructions and a big traceable drawing to help any novice learn how to use this traditional storytelling technique to successfully tell a draw and tell story. Draw and tell stories are simple stories for young children. These drawing tales are very easy to use and require no special materials or experience. As each draw and tell story is told, its characters and objects are sketched onto a single sheet of paper, while children look on. These simple elements build up on the drawing until, by the time the story ends, a composite picture representing the subject of the story has emerged, much to the children's delight. The draw and tell form of storytelling is great for parents, teachers and children's librarians. Author Barbara Freedman-De Vito has been creating and using draw and tell stories for many years in her work as a children's librarian, freelance storyteller, teacher and workshop leader. Please do an AMAZON SEARCH for " Barbara Freedman-De Vito " or check with your favorite jobber to find all of Barbara's illustrated picture books for children, plus her collections of original draw and tell stories. You can also visit: www.babybirdproductions.com to see samples from Barbara's stories, plus clothing and gift items decorated with her designs, informative articles for parents, and more.
