The Sands of Time
There is a book for every grain of sand in the Sahara desert, ever moving in the wind. With an ever growing arsenal of books the knowledge one can gain is without end. Books come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and styles. Some use language from a time long ago while others use more modern slang terms. There are books on many various topics, in many different genres. My favorite part about books is that their are so many for people of any age or reading level: kids, teens, adults, and even some for all of them.
Kids books can be about many different topics, the pages are limited to only one or two sentences each and the rest of the page is filled in with illustration. Kids learn best when the written information is accompanied with a picture so that their minds connect the words to the images. For some authors of children 's books the illustration is as much or more important than the actual text on the page. I love authors such as Eric Carle who use Illustrations and interactive pages to tell their story. Many childhood books help kids learn to deal with and interpret the world around them. Without books at this age I would not have become the compassionate being that I am. Picture books are the first step into the world of reading and some of my favorite books fall into this category.
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Many of my favorite books fall into this category though the ones that have made the most impact on my life are no longer widely published. My whole life there have been books that my mom would read to my brother and I. These books were usually long out of print by the time they reached our shelves. Books for all ages have a bit of everything. Mystery, action, romance, comedy, sometimes even science fiction themes are added into these books to appeal to every reader. No one is left out when this story is
My parents have always stressed the importance of reading. Throughout my whole life, they have motivated me to read and they have encouraged me to find books that I find interesting to read. Because of their encouragement, I am an avid reader today. When I was a child, just starting to enjoy reading I liked to read books that were fiction. Some of my favorite books to read as a child are series that I still love today and I think I still have every book in each series stored in my attic. They are The Boxcar Children, Junie B. Jones, and The Magic Tree House.
Picture books are one of the first mediums of learning that children encounter. The picture book was first created in 1657 by John Amos Comenius. Comenius’s book was entitled Orbis Pictus (The world of Pictures) and was an alphabet book (Martinez 57). Picture books are used to lay the foundations of the histori...
I chose to read and comment on Barbara Kiefer’s “Envisioning Experience: The Potential of Picture Books.” Kiefer’s main point in writing this essay was to get the message across that children enjoy picture books that allow them to identify and make connections with the characters or the plots, and that while reading and analyzing the pictures, they gain a better sense of aesthetics and how to interpret them.
The biggest psychological portion of the book has to come from the character Cyrus Finch. He goes by CyFi for short and is also sometimes referred to as just Cy. He is one of the few mentioned characters that has received a body part from an Unwind. Unfortunately, often times the parts people receive from Unwinds keep or retain tricks or habits the original owners or people had, and Cyrus is an individual who received a part like this. Now, an important fact about CyFi is that he’s smart, and he talks a lot. But he “talks funny” according to Lev. CyFi explains that he is umber and used to be called “black” in times past, and that he talks that way to respect his ancestors, adding to the fact that past experiences (in this case learning about his ancestors) can change how people act. One day, he is talking to Lev about how smart he is and how losing his right temporal lobe and gaining someone else’s has affected him. He says to Lev (the numbers are his IQ), “My dads made sure I got an entire temporal lobe from a single donor. But that kid wasn’t as smart as me. He wasn’t no dummy but he didn’t have the 155. The last brain scan put me at 130. That’s in the top 5 percent of the population, and still considered genius. Just not with a capital G.” (126). Usually, a person will only receive bits and pieces of the brain, but CyFi’s dads paid an excessive amount of money to get a whole and intact temporal lobe and it is obvious that CyFi loves and is proud of his dads by the way he talks about them. Something else he feels strongly about is stealing. Cy hates it and is adamant against even the very thought of stealing. And while it is strange just how strongly he feels about stealing, it is soon explained.
elementary-age students, too. In fact, picture books can even assist middle and high school students on their respective roads to success. By going “back to the basics,”
Some of the books which we read in elementary were examples like, Dr. Seuss and other childish books. As I went to a higher standard of books, and got older,
I agree with the statements above, because we have different types of learners when it comes to storybooks. Children, who have a hard time with reading, tend to shy away from books with just words. It helps the teacher when she can select a storybook with interesting pictures to go along with the words, because it will help to grab the child/children’s attention. In my experience in the classroom, I have found that picture books that are colorful, playful, and use rhyming words are the most fun when teaching young children. Showing the children the pictures while you read; helps to engage
Reading a book is in many ways the same as exercising the muscles in your arm, as you are feeding your brain new information and ideas of life. Life is short and I believe that you should always be positive and do the things that you want without people telling you that you are wrong. The following Novels have taught me various aspects, which I have and still am using to make my life a memorable one as well as a positive one.
Picture books are books in which both words and illustrations are essential to the story’s meaning (Brown, Tomlinson,1996, Pg.50). There are so many different kinds of children’s books. There are books for every age and every reading level. There are many elements that go into picture books such as line and spacing, color and light, space and perspective, texture, composition and artistic media. Picture books are an essential learning element in today’s classroom.
I also remember as young girl learning how to read and my favorite book that I could quote word for word was “Green Eggs and Ham” by Dr.Suess. I loved that book so much I still have that today. As I got older my love for reading and books started to diminish, I went to a private school for my elementary years and their curriculum was very intense. It was required to read a book from their approved list and complete a book report each summer before the school year began. Not to mention the numerous books reports I would have to complete during the school. At an early age books and reading was something I had to do and not what I wanted to do.
A children book is an extremely substantial and significant form of literature. It educates, affects and amuses at the same time. Although its main audience are the small children, the majority of adults in fact enjoy this type of literature as much as children do. This can be explained by the capacity of children literature to deal with great themes and topics that are too large for adult fiction. (Philip Pullman) For its great importance, the style and technique by which it is produced, is a major concern for both of the authors and critics. One technique has a particular impact in the children book, that is to say, illustration. Bearing the visual nature of children in mind, we understand that their books should be delivered with
Literature has an enormous impact on a child’s development during the early years of his or her life. It is important for parents and teachers to instill a love of reading in children while they are still young and impressionable. They are very naive and trusting because they are just beginning to develop their own thoughts, so they will believe anything they read (Lesnik, 1998). This is why it is so important to give them literature that will have a positive impact. Literature can make children more loving, intelligent and open minded because reading books gives them a much wider perspective on the world. Through reading, children’s behavior can be changed, modified or extended, which is why books are so influential in children’s lives while they are young (Hunt, 1998). Literature has the power to affect many aspects of a child’s life and shapes their future adult life.
A favorite character can come from different types of media. For me it takes a lot to remember a character in any form of media. It takes even more for me to love a character. During my childhood I would read constantly, most of the books to me are just a blur now. There are a few characters I can recall but unfortunately none really captured my imagination the way the characters JK Rowling made. They are the most dynamic characters I have had the bliss to grow up with. While the main protagonist are by far the most well rounded characters with us reading how they grow up book by book in their adventure, there is one character that really didn’t get much time in the book yet captured my attention. He is Draco Malfoy. Draco was not my favorite character when I was first reading the books he was the bully, yet as the story progressed so did my view of him. He is not a loved protagonist and even his creator was surprised by Draco’s fame. Draco at the begging of the series was a very flat antagonist character, yet near the end he grew in to a more dynamic character. What makes Draco one of my favorite characters is that I can understand his background,
Merchant, G. & Thomas, H. (2012). Picture Books for the Literacy Hour: Activities for Primary