Entertaining E

Origins: praying or calling human figure (1)
Greek: epsilon
Frequency: The most frequent letter in English (2)
"C" from Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language (1755): "E is the most frequent vowel in the English language; for it not only is used like the rest in the beginning or end of words, but has the peculiar quality of lengthening the foregoing vowel. Anciently almost every word ended with e; as for can, canne; for year, yeare; for great, greate; for need, neede; for flock, flocke. It is probable that this e final had at first a soft sound and that afterwards it was in poetry either mute or vocal, as the verse required, ’till at last it became universally silent." (3)

Of Interest:
E is the first letter of my name!
But perhaps of more general interest, check out Carol King's "A Alligators All Around", a childhood favorite of mine.

What alphabet books, songs, rhymes did you love as a kid?