Emily Smith

EDU 290

PICTURE BOOKS? ESSENTIAL.

“A picture book is a book with pictures that are as important as the words. In fact, often the text does not

make sense without the pictures”. (Pam Krueger)

WHAT IS A PICTURE BOOK…?

Picture books help kids develop

Socially

Intellectually

Culturally

Self Acceptance

Imagination

PICTURE BOOKS HELP KIDS DEVELOP

Identifying Oneself

Identifying others

Dealing with separation anxiety

Friendship

SOCIALLY

Appreciating Reading at a young age

Able to analyze reading

Picture/Text Relationship

INTELLECTUALLY

Respect for others

Recognition of other cultures/religions

Understand differences in cultures

Appreciate differences in cultures

CULTURALLY

Learn to love oneself

Teach that everyone’s different, but its okay

Accepting disabilities

Learning to look beyond appearance

SELF ACCEPTANCE

See things in a different way

Since many picture books can be made interactive, it makes kids think

Hear

See

Taste

Feel

Smell

IMAGINATION

1. Better understanding of the story2. Art… what kid doesn’t love art.

3. Many have a higher reading level then chapter books, just with art added to the story.4. Language: Rhythm and Rhyme

5. Imagination

10 REASONS WHY PICTURE BOOKS ARE ESSENTIAL.

6. Children can get involved in the story7. Able to learn cause and effect

8. Able to learn that a story has beginning, middle, and end

9. Interaction between students10. Teach kids that reading can be fun at an early

age

10 REASONS CONT.

• Schulze, Bianca. How Picture Books Play a Role in a Child’s Development. The Children's Book Review, 8 Nov. 2010. Web. 26 Sept. 2011. <http://www.thechildrensbookreview.com/weblog/2010/11/how-

picture-books-play-a-role-in-a-child%E2%80%99s-development.html>.

• Jalongo, Mary. Young Children and Picture Books. National Association for the Education of Young , n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2011. <http://www.naeyc.org/store/files/store/TOC/160.pdf>.

• Krueger, Pam. Picture books remain important. The Bismark Tribute, 9 Nov. 2010. Web. 26 Sept. 2011.

<http://bismarcktribune.com/entertainment/books-and literature/article_8216d0aa-e84a-11df-ac7e-001cc4c002e0.html>.

• Children's Literature. Pearson Education, Inc, n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2011.

<http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_literacy_cluster_1/17/4549/1164749.cw/index.html>.

MLA CITATIONS

• Why do Kids Need Books?. The National Childrens Books and Literacy Alliance, n.d. Web. 26 Sept. 2011.

<http://www.thencbla.org/BPOSpages/supportarguments.html>.

MLA CITATIONS CONT.