An alphabet book for the youngest readers, and part of M. D. Gunasena's First Explorer Series — a set of early learning titles for children at the stage where a picture and a word are first being connected. Each book in the series takes one foundational concept and presents it through colour illustration; this one takes the English alphabet.
The approach is the familiar one, done simply: each letter from A to Z is paired with bright pictures of everyday objects a small child already recognises. The point is recognition before reading — the shape of the letter, the sound it makes, the name of the thing on the page. Used with an adult reading aloud, it supports letter recognition, early phonics and the slow building of first vocabulary, which at this age happens mostly through naming things out loud and being understood.
It is aimed at toddlers and pre-schoolers, including children being introduced to English alongside another first language at home. Parents, grandparents and nursery teachers are the ones holding the book; the child is the one pointing. The illustrations are clear and uncluttered rather than busy, which matters when the task is picking out a single letter shape on a page.
M. D. Gunasena & Co. is a long-established Colombo publisher and bookseller, with a substantial list in Sri Lankan educational and children's publishing. This title is in English.
- Publisher: M. D. Gunasena & Co. (Pvt) Ltd
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9789552134029
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