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Reviewed by Jennifer Reinoehl for Readers' Favorite
The A Bee Sees Book is a unique alphabet-number homophone picture book by Mr. Sun. The young reader is taken through a 3-D landscape where, for example, “C’s,” “seas,” and “sees” are shown pictorially. In the middle of the book, a “queue” shows several girls with letter homophone names. The end of the book adds a few number homophones to expand on the theme. There are other homophone picture books but The A Bee Sees Book clarifies that even letters can be homophones. Many homophone books address much older kids, but this book can start the process at a kindergarten level.
Mr. Sun writes at a level where early readers can explore the book independently. At the same time, a parent or teacher could read the book to a child or students and drive home how some words are pronounced the same way but mean very different things. Since the words are simple, they follow standard pronunciation rules: “see” and “sea” sound the way they should with the first vowel saying its name to the second vowel. Sight words, like “eight,” are also age-appropriate for kindergarten and first graders. I liked that Mr. Sun repeated the same series of phrases with different meanings, such as when the pirate first asked, “You see tea?” Later, the pirate asks, “You see T?" With homophones, pictures are very important for showing young readers the differences. The pictures in this book correspond well with the text to teach this point. The A Bee Sees Book doesn’t disappoint and will give children a great introduction to the concept.
