Friday, October 9, 2009
Chapter 7
Picture Books are part of my everyday life, I have a two year old daughter who loves for me to read to her. I enjoy spending the time doing so, besides her enjoyment of the books her vocabulary is growing so fast. While reading this chapter I kept referring to her picture books to check things like the amount of pages they had in them and the listing of the types of media used for the illustrations on the copyright page and sure enough most of them had 32 pages and the media listed. I found that rather interesting I didn't know there was those types of standards for them. I also always thought of picture books as geared towards younger audiences but reading this chapter and getting ideas on how to use them for older audiences such as middle school students was helpful. I just don't think I have ever put much thought into picture books, the fact that many do have such wonderful use of language and wonderful illustrations make them very special. I am finally getting reintroduced to them since I have a little one but I believe I have a new appreciation for them.
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You are correct when you mention your daughter is building her vocabulary. I remember always reading to my sons when they were litte. I had the luxury of being a stay at home mom so we always tooks trips to the library. They always scored academically recognized on their TAKS test in reading. So continue reading to your baby.
ReplyDeleteI,too learned from this chapter, that most picture books are 32 pages; that was interesting.
Hi its Yvonne I love Chapter 7 On Picture books, the joy and interest on childs face is so beatiful.
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