Full name: The Alphabet War: A Story about Dyslexia

Author: Diane Burton Robb Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780807503027 0807503029

When Adam started kindergarten, the teacher wanted him to learn about letters. But "p" looked like "q," and "b" looked like "d." Adam would rather color or mold clay. In first grade, his teacher wanted him to put the letters into words so he could read. That was the beginning of the Alphabet War. "Was" looked like "saw," and "there" looked like "then." Almost everyone else in his class was learning to read, but Adam was fighting a war against letters. In second grade, he had to learn to spell, which was also impossible. Now he was so frustrated he got into trouble and had to go to the principal's office. At last, in third grade, he got the right kind of help. Slowly he began to do better. During fourth grade, he learned that he could excel in other things. That gave him the confidence to take chances with reading. One day he found himself reading a book all by himself! Similar books: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle Where Is Baby's Belly Button? by Karen Katz Love from The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle How to Babysit a Grandma by Jean Reagan Peek-A Who? by Nina Laden Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey Flotsam by David Wiesner On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? for Kids by Spencer Johnson Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco Frozen by Victoria Saxon Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena I Am Enough by Grace Byers I Love My Hair! by Natasha Anastasia Tarpley Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty Sea of Tranquility by Mark Haddon Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go by Richard Scarry Stick Man by Julia Donaldson