The current logo of the Frog Street store.
On May 5, 2019, Abrams Learning Trends and all of their assets, including "The Letter People", were bought by the company "Frog Street Press".(1)
This unfortunately had the effect of causing Abrams Learning Trends to cease operations as an individual company, and The Letter People to become defunct, as new material had stopped being produced for the program.
Fortunately, the franchise lived on through Frog Street re-releasing certain pre-existing material for various packages/programs.
As of 2024, Frog Street has stopped releasing "The Letter People" materials altogether, ending the life of the Letter People franchise.
Letter People Puppets[]
"The Letter People are more than just fabric and thread. These kid-friendly, kid-durable puppets are good friends, language buddies, learning partners…and just plain fun! Based on 30 years of classroom research and testing, these special friends get children talking, moving, interacting, experimenting, drawing, counting and, ultimately, reading and writing.
Children of all ages form an immediate connection with the cute and quirky Letter People Puppets. They want to learn all about their new friends, and when they do, they are also learning letter names, letter sounds, and a wide variety of oral language skills.
The Letter People Hand Puppet Set includes 1 puppet for each letter of the alphabet (26 puppets in all)."(2)
Moving Up To Kindergarten[]
"Moving Up To Kindergarten is a fun learning resource that reinforces letter recognition, letter-sound correspondence, emergent reading, and emergent math skills.
Moving Up To Kindergarten includes:
• A 160-page activity book of games and activities
• A 32-page full-color alphabet book featuring the Letter People
• An original song CD with a song for every letter of the alphabet
• Sturdy character pop-outs for each letter of the alphabet"(3)
DIG Pre-K[]
"DIG is a core Pre-K program that develops the whole child, inspires big learning across all domains, and grows early learners into confident kindergarten-ready students. DIG’s intentional design and balance of developmental and academic skills make kindergarten readiness accessible for all children and attainable by all teachers.
DIG Pre-K components include:
– Teacher’s Resources (8 Teacher’s Guides, Program Guide, Assessment Guide, Home Connections Guide and other professional handbooks)
– Theme Literature Set (8 books)
– Theme Anchor Charts (8 charts)
– Theme Big Books (24 books)
– Math Big Books (8 books)
– Student Readers (180 books total, 6 copies of 30 titles)
– Vocabulary Cards (160 cards)
– Action Rhymes Flip Chart and CD
– Letter People Flip Chart
– Complete Letter People Big Book Collection (26 books)
– Letter People Puppets Complete Set (26 hand puppets, Profiles of the Letter People)
– Letter People Alphabet Strip
– Letter People Meeting and Greeting Cards (25 sets)
– Letter People ABC Big Book
– Letter People Songs CD
– Letter People Stickables (uppercase, 20 sheets)
– Letter People Stickables (lowercase, 20 sheets)
– Letter People Me Bag (small)
– Letter People Me Bag (large)
– Mydigprek.com annual classroom license
– Letter People Games online annual classroom license"(3)
The Fate of Other Materials[]
Aside from the previously mentioned Letter People materials, other material such as the Huggables have been discontinued and can only be purchased through second hand online stores such as eBay. This roster includes the following:
- The Huggables inflatables
- All audio drama for the books (such as the cassettes for the Big/Little Books)
- Lives of the Letter People (all curriculum materials)
- The Letter People Alphabet Book (first edition, 1999)
- The Letter People Summer Home Program
- Ready to Read with the Letter People/Take-Home Books
- Read-to-Me books (newer)
- Abrams Learning Trends Phonics Readers