A Day with Usual U is one of an innovative alphabet book series that uses stories as "cognitive hooks," a research-based learning strategy that makes it quicker and easier for learners to retain and retrieve information by connecting it to something already known or experienced. The knowledge is internalized through story, making it as accessible as one's own thinking.

The Secret Lives of Letters books are for everyone who hopes the children in their lives-especially struggling readers-will approach reading with confidence and bravely interact with language developing a lifelong love of reading.