A Z And Everyone In Between

Send us Fan Mail All the letters of the alphabet gather at the library for the "Alphabet Hide-and-seek Championship." Letter a states the rules:  Letters can hide in any word—because any letter can be a silent letter. Letter k is famously silent in words like “knee” and “knife,” so Letter a chooses Letter k to be “it” first.  Letter k (along with Letter z) searches, finding letters hidde...

Send us Fan Mail What does if fee like to grow up!? Does it hurt? Letter b feels nervous about growing up and worries about getting an extra loop as a big Letter B. Letters a and z give her the facts of a letter’s life: Letters don’t grow up. They become capital. There’s even a rule that makes it so. The first letter of every sentence is capital. Letter a and Letter z demonstrate. They show Letter...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever noticed that “t” is a letter, but also a word? Letter t feels like he is not special because he has to share his name with that drink we call “tea.” His good friends, Letter a and Letter z, try to make him feel better by pointing out that he’s not the only letter with the same sounds as common words. What about Letter b? Letters y and u? Letter c shares his name with...

Send us Fan Mail Tick-tock, tick-tock. What does that sound make you feel? Letters a and z enjoy the tick-tock of a clock, but it makes Letter c sad. Hearing words like “tick-tock” and “clock” makes Letter c feel unimportant, since he takes on the sound of Letter k. He also takes on the “ssss” sound when he’s next to Letter e, and even the “ch” sound when he’s next to Letter h. That makes Letter u...

Send us Fan Mail Little Letter i is proud of his tall, lean shape and floating dot. Then along comes Letter L, who is also tall and lean! But at least letter i is one-of-a-kind for having a dot, right? Right? Wrong! Because then little Letter j shows up. And Letter j also has a dot. Feeling no longer special, letter i sulks until Letters a, z, and j come up with an ingenious, and hilarious, way to...

Send us Fan Mail When Letter a and Letter z visit a busy city, they look both ways before crossing the street, then they hear a loud, jarring honk! In this universe, that honk is not just road noise, it’s the “signature sound” of the exclusive celebrity, Madam Exclamation Point. Letter z thinks that Madam Exclamation Point might be a drama queen who only comes around when speech is sudden, surpris...

Send us Fan Mail Do you believe in magic? Letter Z does! Logical Letter A believes in rules. And confident Letter H renames herself “H the Magician!” You see, Letter h can change other letters’ sounds when next to them in certain words. A doesn’t believe it, and sets up an experiment. Letter a proves that when the word “at” becomes “hat” the letter sounds do not change. Then along comes Letter t! ...

Send us Fan Mail Letter y is sad. Why? Sometimes he's a vowel and sometimes he's a consonant. All the other letters are always one or the other! That leaves Letter y feeling left out.  To make him feel better, Letter a shows up with a feather, a bunch of bananas, and a trampoline. Can these items help Letter y find happiness? Find out in the hilarious (and educational) episode: "Y S...

Send us Fan Mail Letter x is sad. He feels insignificant compared to his best friend, Letter e. After all, Letter x is in very few words while Letter e is the most common letter in the English language. And even when words sound like they start with Letter x (like exit, exam, explode) it’s Letter e who takes the first position! Letter a and Letter z try to reassure Letter x. They point out that Le...

Send us Fan Mail Letters a, z, and s are on their way to the playground when they discover a squiggle drawn on the sidewalk. Letter s is aghast when Letters a and z say she looks like the squiggle. Letter s says that squiggles are just senseless doodles, while letters represent sounds, form words, and follow rules. Suddenly the squiggle starts talking! He has heard everything and simply does not a...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of  “A, Z and Everyone in Between,” Letter a and Letter z meet Letter q in a quarry. They note that Letter q is all by herself, though she is usually seen with Letter u. Letter q admits she needs a little “alone time” and hides among the rocks. Soon, Letter u shows up, on a quest to find his friend, Letter q. Letters a and z want to be supportive of Letter q’s need...

Send us Fan Mail Letter f is sad when she sees a report card where F stands for “fail.” After all, nobody likes failing … so that must mean nobody likes Letter f. Letters a, z, and t don’t see it that way. Letter t wishes he could be on report cards, too. Letter t decides he will stand for “try.” So he tries, and tries, and tries to shoot a basketball into a hoop. With letter f’s help, will Letter...

Send us Fan Mail Letter g wants to be first in the alphabet song. But Letter a has a big problem with that! Letter g can't be first, not today, not tomorrow, not next week! Letter a tells g that if they change the order of the alphabet song, reading will be destroyed! Filled with laugh-out-loud humor and witty wordplay -- and some  heartfelt social emotional learning, listen to this episode a...

Send us Fan Mail Letter a and Letter z plan to make a cake for Letter e’s birthday.  But when Letter e discovers he is silent in the words “make” and “cake,” he puts a halt to all baking. Letter a and Letter z cheer him up by explaining that Letter e is a very important letter who can change the sounds of other letters! The praise goes to Letter e’s head. He loudly and incessantly boasts about bei...