Footsteps on the Road to Learning by an anonymous author is a fantastic, illustrated reader teaching the alphabet. You will enjoy reading about various new characters like an ass, a boy, and a dog. Excerpt: "A is for Ass, for Ape, and for Ark, As well as for Ant and Ann; B is for Boy, for Bat, and for Bark, For Bag, and for Bed, and for Bran…"