Children's picture books

Children literature includes books, magazines, stories and poems that children enjoy. It can be traced to stories and songs which were part of the oral tradition that adults shared with their children before the advent of publication. The development of children literature is difficult to trace. However, from the 15th century AD, a large volume of literature, often with a religious or moral message, has been targeted specifically at children. Many of the children books acknowledged today as…

(“Word Decoding and Phonics,” n.d.). Moreover, if I were a kindergarten or first grade teacher, I would use the following created text book: I Can Hop written by Oliver Henderson and illustrated by Joel Snyder. I Can Hop is a fantasy fiction decodable book…

Children’s books can be easily overlooked because the stories appear to be so simple and short that there is no direct message. But, children’s books do entail a deep, meaningful underlying message. Of the many children's books, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle is one to remember and has a lesson to teach children about the way they look at themselves. In the story, a caterpillar sets out for a number of different types of food but still is hungry at the end of the day. Finally, it…

There are many books that are suggested and given to the committee for the Caldecott award, but only the picture books that bring a story to life with original and provoking illustrations are acknowledged to receive such a distinguished award. The illustrations of books open doors for creativity and imagination while simultaneously exposing the children down new avenues of literacy, vocabulary and language. I believe that illustrator of Owl Moon, John Schoenherr, has managed to create simple yet…

This is a family-oriented book of celebrating diversity through the eyes of a little who begins to see her familiar world in a new way, this book celebrates the differences and similarities that connect all people. (Karen, 2002). This book forms a unity between many races and ethnicities, provides a new view on the world and that everyone is their own individual self. It offers children a variety of things to think about, question, or consider. The illustrations in this book are bold and vivid,…

There are suitable subjects for children’s literature and appropriate topics or situations for them to read about. In this essay, I am going to discuss the themes in northern lights and subject that Pullman thinks are appropriate for children books but not for adults and how is this novel of northern lights a crossover novel, and what is suitable books for children to read, and how the quotation relevant to this novel northern lights. Northern lights is a novel by Philip Pullman, it is a…

reading chapter books in school, therefore I think this children’s book would be fitting for children around the ages of 7 to 10. I would classify this text as a beginner chapter book being that the font is big and the paragraphs do not contain hard vocabulary. The plot is relatable and easy for the children to follow as well. There are also multiple illustrations that take up pages, therefore not every page has text on it. CRITICAL ANALYSIS: The personified farm animals in this book create a…

This book is special and awesomely written for kids by Tish Rabe and illustrated by Aristides Ruiz. That special book is called, “There’s No Place Like Space.” The genre of the book, “There’s No Place Like Space!’ is a cartoon genre. In this book, there are three main characters: a cat, a girl, and a boy. All three of them visits the planets and the cat tells the facts about our planets and about the sun and the moon. In this book, there are so many things to talk about but the main three…

author knows that children’s own thoughts, feelings, and needs are the important to themselves. All children need to be aware that their own thoughts, feelings, and needs are important and should be respected. Also, the humor brought into the book really helps to keep the children interested and interacting with the book. An example of this is when Louis is raising his hand he says, “I waited patiently for what seemed like 62 years…”. Another component to admire about the book…

topic is relevant to my daily and work life as well as to my major. I work for a public library in the children’s department, and I believe reading can have a significant effect on a child’s development of language. Reading to a child can expose them to words, phrases and sentence structures that they otherwise may not hear. Reading also inspires a child’s imagination: a child will pick up a book and start creating their own story…