The alphabet is a little like a baseball team. You’ve got your everyday players—your A’s and E’s and S’s. Then you’ve got your benchwarmers—your X’s and Q’s and Z’s. They’ve got character, but you’re ...

Why Q Needs U. By Danny Bate. Blink Publishing; 336 pages; £14.99. T HE ALPHABET is easy to take for granted. Children ...

Writing in cursive is one of those skills we all learned in elementary school that proved useless, but learning the alphabet is an essential part of literacy. But it seems our curriculum may have ...

WEBVTT I’M THE ONLY ONE. IT TURNS OUT THERE IS ONE LETTER IN THE ALPHABET THAT MOST AMERICANS CAN READ BUT CANNOT WRITE CORRECTY. RANDI: IT IS THE LETTER G. HERE’S A LOOPTAIL, HERE’S AN OPEN TAIL.

All the teams are together for a new challenge. One team will win an extra letter. Which team will win it? This is The London Letter Challenge. So, every team has one or more failed letters. Welcome ...