Read to Me Wednesday....ABC Mystery by Doug Cushman

This lovely little book is my pick for the week. I found it five or six years ago when I was teaching pre-school. It is a book I've really enjoyed sharing with my children, especially my son. It's a great way to introduce or work on recognition of letters.

The letter "A" states the crime-stolen Art-and the mystery, told in rhyming couplets, continues to unfold as Detective McGroom, a badger, pursues clues attached to successive letters of the alphabet.

Cushman has also written other mystery books for primary readers that I'm going to try and track down. My son turns 4 next month and my husband and I decided that this is the year we are going to teach him to read. This book is a perfect start because he knows his ABC's, and he can even recognize most of them. But, we are still working on this area, as well as, recognizing his name and other environmental print.

I really want to inspire a love for reading in both of my children. As I've said before, I'm one of those mamas who read to my children in the womb. And right now my son is interested in adventure, and good guys verses bad guys, so I thought this little book would be a good place to start. My daughter is interested in everything pink, princess or girly right now, so picture books are a huge draw for her. She also loves to be read to. She's very attracted to the sing-song of my voice when I read to her at night, and will often imitate me.

I hope you will search out this book and give it a try. It really is engaging and I think it will be one you'll come to love too.