Alphabet Rescue

Title: Alphabet Rescue        

Author: Audrey Wood

Illustrator: Bruce Wood

Date of publication: 2006

Publishing Company: The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc.

Awards: n/a

Genre: Fiction

Subgenre: Fantasy

Theme: Lower Case letters to the Rescue!!

Primary Characters: lower case letters of the alphabet

Secondary characters: capital letters of the alphabet

Classroom Use: Cute story about the lower case letters of the alphabet. It’s a good book to read while learning the alphabet or to even help with reintegrating the alphabet to the children.

Summary: Charley’s little letters take a vacation to Alphabet City, where they are from. While they are in the city they run into the capital letters & their big fire truck. The lower case letters are excited about the fire truck. They are so excited that they ask to help!! However, the capital letters tell them, NO, because they are so small. So, the lower case letters go on and then they stumble upon an old fire truck. The little letters decide to take the old fire truck and fix it up. Once they fix it they have their own fire truck and are ready to help!! Soon after strolling in their new truck they run into a few chances to help. They help and go on. Suddenly, they see a big fire!! They decide that they need to take off fast and help. When they arrive at the scene, it’s the letter factory that is on fire!! So, together the lower case and the capital letters they fight the fire and rescue the factory!! So with their teamwork & little fire truck they become the towns heroes!!!