There is no better way to teach children than with concepts they can grasp. Hobans photographs allow the concreteness of money and letters to be real and not just a picture on a page in a book. I have my classroom stocked with multiple copies of this book.
This book has excellent examples of both upper and lower case letters in bright, fun colors that really got my three year old interested in learning them. The use of coins to teach counting is great and as the photos are actual size, Im certain in the future I will be using real coins as a companion to the book. This is a really attractive book that would make a great gift.
Tana Hoban is an author of many childrens books. She has used photography as her way of illustrating her books. One half of this book is the teaching of the alphabet in very colorful pages and the other half of the book (which you need to turn over and upside down) is the teaching of coins and money. It is very colorful and eyecatching. The book is definitely a great teaching tool.
