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‘Developing Early Literacy presents an interesting range of literacy-related topics which address issues of current importance to early years practice and, in places, question current thinking. There is an excellent balance of theoretical background and case study examples which would make this a relevant and practical text for both students and early years professionals.’
Picture Books
Picture Books
Chapter Objectives
- to develop an understanding of the complex nature of picture books
- to identify the importance of choosing suitable picture books
- to know the relationship between the words in a text and the pictures
- to identify how the musicality of picture books can enhance language development and the reading experience.
This Chapter will Cover:
- the history of picture books
- the complexity of picture books
- choosing suitable books
- how wordless picture books might support early literacy
- the musicality of picture books and the link between this and early literacy.
It would be easy to take picture books for granted. We find them in nurseries, classrooms, playgroups, newsagents, doctors’ surgeries and even free with certain newspapers. They arguably form part of our lives, to varying degrees, from birth and continue, ...
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