The Horn Book Guide

EASY READERS

Hays, Anna Jane

Here Comes Silent E!

32 pp. | Random | November, 2004 | Library ISBN 0-375-91233-9 $11.99 | Paper ISBN 0-375-81233-4 $3.99

(4) K-3 Step into Reading series. Illustrated by JoAnn Adinolfi. When a boy named Silent e comes on the scene, look out: "See that van / just down the lane? / Now it is / a weather vane." Although some of Hays's rhymes stumble, readers will learn many examples of how silent e affects words. The accompanying images are--perhaps rare in a phonics book--engaging and thoughtful.

Reviewer: Nell Beram