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Kinds of Illustrated Books for Children

Illustrated Books for Preschoolers

simple bright durable

Illustrated Books for Preschoolers

feature an episodic text of

a few words per page

few pages

emphasize patterns

Illustrated Books for Preschoolers

Baby Books

may be made of board cloth vinyl

encourage physical interaction through inventive formats

Illustrated Books for Preschoolers

Baby Books

feature basic concepts or nursery rhymes

stimulate dialogue between the child and the reader

Illustrated Books for Preschoolers

Interactive books stimulate verbal or physical participation by

asking questions encouraging clapping allowing readers to

touch or manipulate pages

Illustrated Books for Preschoolers

Toy books, including engineered or mechanical books, feature paper cut, folded, constructed to pop-up, see-through 3 dimensions

Harold Lenz, Pop-Up Mother Goose

Concept Books

Concept books define ideas, like opposites objects, like trains activities, like work

They are oriented to patterns not plots

Two special kinds of concept books are

alphabet books counting books

Counting Books

Counting books teach

numeral recognition concepts of number and

quantity numeric order

Alphabet Books

Alphabet books teach

visual recognition of letters

alphabet order

They are often arranged by theme for coherence

Nursery Rhyme Books

Nursery rhyme books enhance

auditory discrimination vocabulary

development cultural literacy musical and poetic

appreciation

Illustrated Books for Older Children

Illustrated books for older children tend to feature a narrative text

realistic or fantastic traditional or modern

They support children’s development as readers

Picture Storybooks

Picture storybooks balance between text and illustrations to tell the story. They feature

challenging vocabulary a 32-page layout

Wordless Books

Wordless or pure picture books have (virtually) no text

Readers create their own verbal text by

following the grammar of narrative

using their imaginations

Easy-to-read Books

Easy-to-read books are for beginning readers

large print limited or controlled

vocabulary repetitive or rhyming

text

Transitional Readers

Transitional readers are for independent readers who are not yet fluent readers:

lengthy text few illustrations uncomplicated style and

vocabulary