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Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
There are many three-letter words, but can you imagine speaking using only three-letter words? In Dacia Turner’s The Three-Letter Word Birds, there is a flock of cheery little birds that speak using only three-letter words. It is rather limiting, but they manage fine with “Cow can moo,” and “Fox can spy.” One day a new flock of birds flies into their domain and they are quite communicative, using all kinds of words. They’re surprised that these little birds only use three-letter words, so they take on the task of teaching them new words with more and fewer than three letters. What do you think happened next?
Dacia Turner’s picture book, The Three-Letter Word Birds: Making New Friends, is a whimsical story about communication, friendship, and learning something new. The story is told in mostly rhyming verse, except where three-letter word dialogue passages move the story along. The language is simple, dominated by three-letter words, and there’s a list of three-letter words at the end of the book to teach young readers to recognize three-letter words. The illustrations are bright, bold, and colorful and add another dimension to the story. This is a great way to teach young readers that there’s a big world out there full of three-letter words and many other multi-lettered words. Language and reading really can be enjoyable! New friendships might be a challenge, but they can also be a lot of fun as curiosity and the yearning to learn new things will lead the way to bigger adventures.
