B is for Brighton Beach

The B is for Brighton Beach brings the ABCs to life in this colorful, fun, educational book. Fun for children and their parents and grandparents. A wonderful way to learn the alphabet, learn to read and learn about one of the most interesting locals in the United States...Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York. The children will love to explore the streets and attractions from A to Z in this beautifully illustrated book. The alliteration text reinforces letter recognition and is perfect for parent and child to share and for the beginning reader to enjoy alone. The readers will explore the legendary Brighton Beach neighborhood seeing it's schools, shops, activities and animal life as well. Beautiful Brighton Beach has been visited by millions of tourists and is known world wide for it's Russian community, beautiful beaches, the boardwalk, it's colorful restaurants, clubs and shops. The fabulous Coney Island is literally next door. The alphabetical tour begins with The New York Aquarium, Asser Levy Park. acorns, ants, avocados, apricots, apples and airplanes in the sky. It concludes with Zuckerman's Drug Store, Zinnia Flowers, zippers, zigzag, zany and zebra. B is for Brighton Beach is a unique learning tool. Every letter, every page is an adventure. Enjoy the alphabetical journey and learn to love this part of Brooklyn as I do. Michael Salita =

“ B is for Brighton Beach “ is a colorful alphabet book that brings the ABC to life in a manner full of fun and joy. While exploring the streets, places and attractions of the legendary Brighton Beach neighborhood in Brooklyn, children aged three to six will eagerly learn the letters A to Z as well as the sight words, with their parents guiding them. “ B is for Brighton Beach “ is not a regular alphabet book but an alphabet adventure book. There is a story for every letter, every page.This book journey for parents and children starts, in the alphabetical order, with NY “Aquarium” and “Asser Levy Park”. You will find a lot of words that start with the letter “A”, like “acorns”, “ants” , “avocado”, “apricots”, and, of course, “apples”, and even “airplanes in the sky”. Then you will be walking along the famous “boardwalk” and encounter a lot of “birds” there; you will arrive at ”Coney Island” and find a “cafe” “ where you can buy “coffee” and “cake”; moreover, you will sit at the table and eat “desserts.” You will look around and see “daisies” and “dandelions”; you will pay with “dollars”… This way you will travel from the beginning of the alphabet to its end, when your child will be finally “yawning “ ready for his evening “yogurt”, then open the “zipper” of his jeans and undress… and will be “zooming” towards his/her bed…with “zero” energy left after the day of this extremely interesting journey. The alliteration texts employed in the book reinforce letter recognition and are perfect for a parent and child to share or for a beginning reader to enjoy on his/her own. I wrote this book with love because I love you,my readers, I love Brighton, I love its people. Enjoy the reading and have a wonderful alphabet journey across Brighton Beach. Have fun!!!

Michael Salita was born in Odessa, Ukraine and immigrated to Brooklyn in 1991 with his mother, father and his kid brother Dmitriy Salita, a professional boxer and boxing promoter in New York who won the coveted "Sugar Ray Robinson" award at the New York Golden Gloves and is a former number one welterweight contender. Michael holds a Master of Science degree in Library and information Science and a Masters degree in Early Childhood Education and currently teaches young children in New York. "B is for Brighton Beach" is his second book. The first was a rap novel "Golden Gloves", a story about his boxing brother, a tournament champion.