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Alphabet Explosion! Search and Count from Alien to Zebra
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Is it age appropriate?
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Not age appropriate for kids under 5, age appropriate for kids over 7; suggested age 5. -
Is it any good?
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Common Sense says
Artistic alphabet search is clever but tricky.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 5–7
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What to watch out for
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Violence & scariness:
What Parents Need to Know
About Alphabet Explosion! Search and Count from Alien to Zebra
Parents need to know that there's nothing objectionable in this book, but we're giving it a "pause" rating because its alphabet searching game can be frustrating and too tricky at times, especially for its target audience of beginning readers.
Read our full review by Patricia Tauzer
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about finding the answers on each page and how to not get too frustrated if you don't find as many A's or Q's as are suggested by the author. To help young readers, you can talk about the beginning sounds of words and the difference between the name of a letter and its sound. Since kids will have to search for nouns, verbs, and adjectives, you can also discuss the different jobs of those words. For example, after finding the zipper on the Z page, parents might help lead their child to the next Z by asking what the zebra is doing -- "zipping."
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