C is for Coco Written and Illustrated by Sloane Tanen & Stefan Hagen

Tanen, Sloane, and Stefan Hagen. C Is For Coco: A Little Chick's First Book Of Letters. New York: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books, 2007. Print.24 pages
Age Group:	1 to 3 years
Book Format:	Board Book
Annotation:	Coco teaches the alphabet via rhythms and photographs
Personal Reaction:	Photos of this miniature chenille chick accompany clever rhythms movers through the alphabet. Moving between humorous non sequitur and relatable everyday events this book is engaging enough for both child and adult to return to again.
Keywords/Tags:	Photographs, Chickens, Rhythms
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	Vocabulary Skills ~Promote literacy and the love of language ~Develop and increase emergent literacy skills and vocabulary Print Motivation ~Increase interest in and enjoyment of books Visual Literacy Skills ~Pictures have meanings ~Pictures and words are different Reading Readiness, which includes understanding that ~Pages turn from right to left ~Books have a front, back and right side up ~Stories have structure and development of a sense of story Print Awareness ~Provide a language enrichment environment ~Show the importance of and provide an opportunity for young readers to listen, observe, imitate, and practice language while interacting with books. Narrative Skills ~Young readers will be able to re-tell a story based on the illustrations in Picture Books Phonological Awareness ~Enhanced by guessing rhymes ~Repeating repetitious words