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After seeing how to make both the uppercase and lowercase Q, we jump into a story about a queen, a quill and a quilt. How can those words ever fit together? Well, if you have a queen named Quincy who loves quilts, it turns out to be easy. Queen Quincy wants to make her own quilt. What does she need to make it? A quill! She goes on a quest to find her friend Quinton, the porcupine. When she finally finds him, she gives him a quarter for one of his quills. Now she can make a quilt for herself AND one for Quintin. There are Q-words galore in this short story, enough to help children build a link between this letter and its very special, but sometimes hard to remember, sound.

Peter, pirate, parrot, Peggy, Penelope, princess, penguin -- these are just a few of the words in this story that start with the letter P. It all begins when Peter the pirate and his parrot, Peggy visit Princess Penelope in her pink and purple palace. The P words don't stop there! Penelope is so enamored of Peggy that Peter comes up with a plan to get his friend a perfect pet. What pet does he find? A penguin! Pleased Penelope gives Peter and Peggy presents, and they all have a party. The story is positively joyous -- a treat for children -- and adults.

Here’s a story about the letter O! Oliver Ostrich and Oscar Owl decide to run an opposites obstacle course with Ozzie Octopus as the observer. This story highlights the letter O, but it is also a terrific way to help children learn about opposites since the opposites obstacle course has Oscar going up and Oliver going down, then Oscar goes over, and Oliver goes under, and finally, Oscar goes sssslllllooooowwww, and Oliver goes … you guessed it….fast! Great happiness for all when the course is done. At the very end, we get one more opposite pair: night and day. Night is coming and time for Oliver to sleep but not Oscar. He sleeps during the DAY!

Story Description Time to Meet the Letter N! First our child storyteller explains how to make the uppercase and lowercase N. Then she shares a tale of a newt and a nurse. Nella the nurse finds a new nest and, in the nest, she sees a napping neon newt. Oh no! The...

Story Description What’s a great way for children to learn about the letter M? By listening to our marvelous Meet the Letter M story. The story stars Mary the monkey, her mom, and Melissa the moose. Mary and Melissa want some cold milk, but it turns out there is no...

Story Description In Meet the Letter L, our child storyteller, Lillian, tells a tale about the letter that begins her name! She starts by showing how to make the uppercase and lowercase L. Then she jumps into a lively story that stars a lion, a leopard, and a...

Story Description This story makes the letter K the star of the show! Kevin the kangaroo loves flying kites so much the other kangaroos call him king of the kites! One day, Kayla the koala and Kevin were flying kites together when the wind stopped blowing! As they...

Story Description How do you make an uppercase and lowercase J? Our letter video shows children how it’s done. After a quick letter-formation demonstration, children get a story where words that begin with J proliferate. There’s a jellyfish named Jenny who loves...

Story Description What happens when Ian the iguana and Isaac the inchworm learn that Izzy the impala has a bad itch? It seems someone put itching powder down his back! Ian and Isaac investigate to find out who could have done this. Maybe it was Ingrid? Ingrid turns...

Story Description This animated story starts by showing children how to form the uppercase and lowercase H, but the real fun starts when they hear a child-created tale about a huge horse named Hindy and her friend Hicky the hippopotamus. Hicky is sad and Hindy...

Story Description Gorilla, goose, golf ball… what kind of a story can you make up from these words? One that is jam-packed with words that begin with the letter G, of course. And that is what one child did – she made up a grand, goofy story that we gladly animated....

Story Description What words begin with the letter F? Your child will find out in this animated short story where Mr. Franklin the frog, who sports a hat with a feather, meets a Freddy the fly in the forest. Freddy decides to make Franklin laugh, but it isn’t easy...