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Barbara deRubertis recently retired after 31 years of teaching elementary and middle school classes. She has written more than 50 books for children that have been published by Kane Press. Barbara and her husband live in Cashmere, Washington. R. W. Alley has illustrated over 100 books for children. He has received numerous starred reviews and awards for his works, including a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award.
Each alliterative story focuses on a single phoneme or letter sound. Izzy Impala seeks attention from her grandpa by feigning illness, such as infuriating influenza or an impossible injury. He prescribes ice cream as the treatment and takes her for a cone. Jeremy Jackrabbit wins a jump-rope contest and the prize is a journey to Japan. Each book ends with a few facts about the animals and a game. Printable practice sheets are available on the publisher's website. Alpha Betty's animal students appear on white backgrounds with little detail; they exhibit great facial expressions and body language. The texts are long for beginning readers, and the vocabulary is quite mature, which is necessary to include all the examples of the letter sounds. Children will enjoy hearing these stories read aloud. --School Library Journal --Journal
