The Importance Of Picture Books

A picture book is a book in which the illustrations are just as important as the words that make up the story. They are also characterized by a unique use of language that invoke the reader to a profound thinking. The pictures and words together combine to create a sense of imagination that invites the reader to explore the art in depth. It is important to understand the relationship between the illustrations and the book design. Pictures books can be wordless solely relying on the art to tell the story. Concept books combine language that teach different notions to the reader. There have been many famous picture book authors and illustrators; for example, Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Wanda Gags Millions of Cats that had a catchy phrase “Hundreds of Cats, thousands of cats, Millions, and billions and trillions of cats” (Temple, Martinez , & Yokota , 2015) . As a teacher I used to love to like to use predictions with the VPK children. I would have them look

They are nonfiction but they are not textbooks or reference books. They inform and pay special attention to the facts and capitalize on children’s wonder at all that is available for them to learn. Biography books tells about the childhood, education, career, relationships, family and death of a person. I have read many biographies of people living and dead and my all-time favorite was Ronald Reagan: An American Life by Ronald Reagan. I loved it because it was his own words and experiences. I would read the book I am Rosa Parks to the children then I will use Concept map. I would draw a circle and in it I will write Rosa Park, then I would have the children tell me all the things that they remember about Rosa Park. I think that by starting with one circle it will be easy for children to grasp the tool. As we go through the year we can add more circles and have the children grasp the relationships between the circles and learn to map them