Customer Reviews
Not that great!! - By: M. Ahmed-Ali, 06 Aug 2008 
I was keen to buy a book that would help my three year to not only learn the letters of the alphabet but to also learn the sounds using phonics as well. I thought buying this book would help. Instead, I found the characters dry & the plot of each story tiresome.
Each sound has the letter writtenin black & white with arrows showing the way the word is to be written, which is helpful. Thenin the margin, there are examples of words to match the letter sounds- but they are tiny. Hard to see let alone read. And I don't mean to be petty but the pictures look more freakish then cute.
It was really difficult trying to get my daughter to sit & read the book, because she simply was not interestedin the stories or characters whatsoever!
Fantastic with the Phonics Handbook - By: A. Deighan, 24 Jun 2008 
I bought this along with the Phonics Handbook to help my daughter learn to read. We livein Brasil so she attends schoolin Portugese & at 6 was struggling with reading because she was confusing the English sounds with Portugese ones. This whole scheme is fantastic I cannot believe how quickly it has improved her reading & writing. This book is an excellent addition as it is divided into 6 seperate stories, each story introduces a different sound per pagein the same order as the Phonics Handbook so you can read a page then do the photocopy sheet that matches the story exactly from the Handbook, my daughter really looks forward to seeing what will happen nextin the story & what sound it will introduce. All the other things the earlier reviewers say are also 100% accurate, i.e. fantastic illustrations, sturdy quality etc, but buy it with the Handbook or if your child is doing Jolly Phonics at school & you will get so much more out of it.
Jolly Stories - By: Books Maiden, 24 Feb 2008 This is a lovely book, sturdy pages, colourful & several activities on each page as well as the story relating to the letter sounds. This includes a raised letter for the child to 'trace' over with their finger. We have a Jolly phonics video & the lettersin the book follow the same pattern. My 3 1/2 year old loves this book! Would recommend as an introduction to phonics
Absolutely Gorgeous Book From Jolly Phonics - By: JESS, 24 Nov 2007 This book is a pleasure to use & read. It is packed with so muchin fabulous full colour pictures. The pages are sturdy, so young ones learning those early sounds can be left alone with it too. There are things to findin the pictures & other activities on each page. There is an excellent 'how to use this book' pagein the front too. It's a treasure. Love it.
