Children's fantasy stories that taught pronunciation
January 17, 2016 10:22 PM Subscribe
Hi, I'm looking for a set of children's fantasy picturebooks from the 1960s or 1970s, that were designed for educational therapy, specifically to teach children how to correctly pronounce the "R", "Th" and "L". The ones I can remember were:
A dragon that was supposed to protect a town from robbers, but he couldn't pronounce "L". So instead of saying "RACE! RUN! ROBBERS BE DONE!" he would say "WACE! WUN! WOBBERS BE DONE!"
Mermaids who protected ships by singng "La" songs, such as "Laleloh locks! beware of the rocks!" A mermaid boy who hadn't developed the scales on his tail, and could only say "ya" instead of La". then a sea serpent, who can sing louder than all the mermaids appears, luring ships to their doom.
The littlest wizard, because he can only say "F" instead f "Th" is only suited to polish the magic mirror, and is left behind when his family goes to stop the giant Thundertongue, who is kidnapping princesses.
The books were designed for educational therapy, and were part of a teacher's set that included a manual and teacher's guide. The artwork was also incredible. Does anybody have an idea for the name of this series?
A dragon that was supposed to protect a town from robbers, but he couldn't pronounce "L". So instead of saying "RACE! RUN! ROBBERS BE DONE!" he would say "WACE! WUN! WOBBERS BE DONE!"
Mermaids who protected ships by singng "La" songs, such as "Laleloh locks! beware of the rocks!" A mermaid boy who hadn't developed the scales on his tail, and could only say "ya" instead of La". then a sea serpent, who can sing louder than all the mermaids appears, luring ships to their doom.
The littlest wizard, because he can only say "F" instead f "Th" is only suited to polish the magic mirror, and is left behind when his family goes to stop the giant Thundertongue, who is kidnapping princesses.
The books were designed for educational therapy, and were part of a teacher's set that included a manual and teacher's guide. The artwork was also incredible. Does anybody have an idea for the name of this series?
Response by poster: That's it exactly! Thank you so much!
And wow, the artist and writer are really obscure now. Gives me pause to think.
posted by happyroach at 2:05 PM on January 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
And wow, the artist and writer are really obscure now. Gives me pause to think.
posted by happyroach at 2:05 PM on January 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
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Here's a NYT description of the books, matching yours. And here's a Amazon search listing the books in the series.
posted by smooshie at 2:34 AM on January 18, 2016 [2 favorites]