Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I don't normally leave feedback, but in this case I thought I should. I read a lot of the reviews for this product on amazon and I think some of the negative comments may discourage people from buying these books - I know I almost didn't buy them. It turns out that many of the negative feedback that I saw (books are too small, stories are too short, black and white pictures only) turned out to be fabulous positives for my daughter. The size is great for her little-ish hands, the stories are short enough to keep her attention for the purpose (engage her in the print and the story), the word use within the stories (repeating, rhyming, themed) are helping her learn to recognize sounds and letters, and the black and white illustrations keep it simple and are not distracting - I like how she looks at the letters as I'm running my finger along the bottom of words. She certainly did comment on the fact that the images were black and white, and not in color, but I took the queue from another reviewer and told my daughter that we could color the pictures any time she wanted to, and that was sufficient for us to move on with the reading. I have to say I am 100% happy with this purchase and I think the books will be very helpful in turning my daughter into a reader. I'm glad I read the positive reviews, otherwise I would have missed out on these awesome teaching tools.