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Reader Stories: How and Why I Share Picture Books With My Children

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Sharing picture books for children is an important part of raising a reader. Readers share how they and why they use picture books with their kids.

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Our children could really read book after book after book. Some of their favorites include:The Pinkalicious SeriesAnything by Dr. SeussBooks that use photography as illustrationsAnything with a predi…More

A Family of Picture Book Fans

My girls initially were scared of Where the Wild Things Are, but they love it now. I also love the Jack Ezra Keats books Peter's Chair and The Snowy Day, as well as Owl Moon by Jane Yolen. That's a b…More

Read Daily and Make It Special

Our girls could read book after book after book.Current favorites include:Marvin K. Mooney by Dr. Seuss The Pinkalicious seriesBooks that use photographs as the illustrationsWe do our best to include…More

From One Generation to the Next With Picture Books

The boys loved many different books, and they were 10 years apart in age so what books were available was sometimes different. Both loved the story of Ferdinand the bull, which I loved in my childhoo…More

Picture Books and Our "Book Family"

Both my children loved being read to and when they were very young, they had favorites, such as My Teddy Bear (a Little Golden Book), Dr. Seuss' The Starbelly Sneetches and others. (Indeed, they want…More

Great Results From Sharing Picture Books

My son enjoyed being read to, and he often asked me to read picture books like Goodnight Moon and other beautifully written and illustrated books that were among our favorites. I also think that bein…More

Connecting Stories With Words

Turning a story she already adored into book format helped her connect the story with books. It wasn't a cure-all for her dislike of reading, but it helped. It's been many years and I still have that…More

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