Red Rover, Red Rover, Send a Vowel Over: A Picture Book about Vowel Sounds (Language Is Fun)

The playground is buzzing with consonants—but something’s missing.

When the vowels hesitate to join the fun, the consonants quickly discover they can’t form words without them! With a little encouragement from the versatile letter y, the vowels step in and bring language to life.

Red Rover, Red Rover, Send a Vowel Over is a joyful celebration of teamwork, inclusion, and the essential role vowels play in communication. With whimsical illustrations and clever wordplay, this book helps young readers understand vowel sounds and word formation while building confidence and curiosity. A perfect companion to The Mighty Silent e! and The Day Punctuation Came to Town, this story is ideal for classrooms, libraries, and bedtime reading.

In the Language Is Fun! Series, Fun Characters Teach How to Use Punctuation in Words and Sentences:

• The Little i Who Lost His Dot
• The Day Punctuation Came to Town
• The Mighty Silent e!
• The Compound Noun Treasure Hunt: A Picture Book about Compound Words

Kimberlee Gard is an award-winning and bestselling children’s author of multiple picture books. She lives on a small farm in Colorado with her husband, sons, and a gaggle of barnyard friends. You can visit her at www.kimberleegard.com. Sandie Sonke is an illustrator living in Rancho Cucamonga, California. She graduated with a BA in studio art from Cal State University–Fullerton in 2010. Wearer of many hats, Sonke is a freelance illustrator, wife, and mom to two inspirational souls. When she is not drawing, you can find her playing Legos with her kids or sipping coffee with her husband.