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| Max's ABC | 
 enlarge | Author: Rosemary Wells
Publisher: Puffin
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 105384
Media: Paperback
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 40
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 9.2 x 0.5
ISBN: 0142411728
EAN: 9780142411728
ASIN: 0142411728
Publication Date: July 17, 2008
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Product Description
Learn the alphabet Max and Ruby style! Everybodys favorite bunnies, Max and Ruby, are back, starring in their very own ABC concept book. Maxs ants have escaped from their farm, and now theyre searching for food. The ants start with Maxs sandwich, and soon theyre everywhere! Fortunately, Ruby comes to the rescue. Maxs ABC teaches the alphabet by featuring a different letter on each page, large and colorful so theyre easy to spot.
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 Laugh with Max and Learn the Alphabet April 17, 2008
Traveling through the alphabet with Max is quite an adventure. Our beloved Max, who managed to empty the contents of his room into his pocket in Max Cleans Up, is at it again. This time, his Ants escaped looking for Birthday cake and manage to follow a trail down Max's pants in search of anything sugary like Cranberry juice, making their way through the house with Ruby in pursuit. Unlike many other alphabet books that highlight a letter with a word on each page, this clever storyline links the letters of the alphabet so seamlessly that it can stand alone as a storybook.
As a Speech Pathologist with Play on Words LLC, I know that young children's literature should have rich stories, stimulating concepts within the content, and a storyline your child can relate to. Max's ABC introduces large colorful letters on each page but also presents a story full of concepts appropriate for your preschooler. Ants climb "on," juice is poured "onto," pants come "off" and "on," popsicles are "in," ants try to nibble "through" and a trail goes "underneath." Words that describe spatial relations are all part of a preschooler's world as she explores inside and out. And what child isn't fascinated with bugs.
One reason Rosemary Wells' books are so popular across age groups is because she pours lots of content into a short text. I have seen a two-year-old and a six-year-old enjoy the same book because as the child gets older he is entertained by the humor and innuendo in her books. So your eighteen-month-old can enjoy the bright colors, vivid pictures and two to three lines under each picture, while your 3-year-old will be drawn in by the whimsical illustrations, letters to learn and adventure.
Parents are often proud when their child knows his letters but the next step is to know that a letter represents a sound. As you are reading Max's ABC, you can point to the word beginning with the highlighted sound and spend a little more time making that sound. A two-year-old can have fun imitating your sounds while a four or five year old can have fun thinking of other words beginning with that sound too.
 Disturbing November 6, 2007
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book could scare a toddler with the images of ants getting loose and pretty much attacking a rabbit as he tries to rid himself over and over again of their advances. Some people might think it's funny, but if your child is nervous about bugs, this is not the book to give to them. They finally have to vacuum the ants up with a vacuum cleaner and empty them back into the ant farm where they originally escaped. My husband and I agree that this is not a book we will read to our child, at least until she is much, much older. (It came free through the Imagination Library program, our daughter is 22 months old).
A great book February 6, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the most entertaining, imaginative alphabet book I have ever read...for adults as well as for children. My two year old grandson loves it. So do his parents because they can read it forever and not be bored!
My 2 year old twins love this book January 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great, fun book to read with your small children. They love the phrases like 'bite bite bite went the ants on Max's birthday cake' and 'down down down went the cranberry juice' (I am writing this from memory so it could be slightly off, but you can get the idea). This has become one of their most viewed books very quickly! My just 2 daughter has memorized a lot of the phrases and 'reads' it out loud to herself.
 Finally a fun ABC storybook September 22, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has a fun story to go along with the ABCs. My three year-old begs to read it and loves the idea of ants in your pants. It's a really fun book for both toddlers and parents who get bored of standard "A is for Apple, B is for Boy, etc." books.
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