1. Chapter 5 Picture Books Guiding Questions
What kinds of books are considered picture books?
How do teachers select picture books?
How do teachers use picture books in elementary classrooms?
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2. A Picture Book …
Communicates information or tells a story through a series of pictures combined with relatively slight texts or no texts at all
Maintains a balance between the illustrations and text and neither is completely effective without the other
Contains illustrations that are as important as or even more important than the text
Often has one author/illustrator
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3. Teachers Select High-Quality Picture Books
Are the illustrations accurate and do they correspond to the content of the story?
Do the illustrations complement the setting, plot, and mood of the story?
Do the illustrations enhance the characterizations?
Do both the text and the illustrations avoid stereotypes of race and sex?
Will the plot appeal to children?
Is the theme worthwhile?
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4. Teachers Select High-Quality Picture Books
What is the purpose of sharing this book with children or recommending that they read it?
Are the author’s style and language appropriate for the children’s interests and age levels?
Are the text, the illustrations, the format, and the topography in harmony?
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5. Types of Picture Books Mother Goose and other nursery rhymes Toy books
Rhythm, rhyme, repetition, humor, exaggeration
Toy books
Board books, pop-up books, flap books, cloth and plastic books
Alphabet books
Counting books
Concept books
Wordless books
Easy-to-read and beginning readers’ books
Controlled vocabulary
Picture storybooks
Picture storybooks for middle school students
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6. Typical Characters and Situations in Picture Storybooks
People disguised as animals
Talking animals with human emotions
Personified objects
Humans in realistic situations
Humorous and inventive fantasies
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7. Elements in Picture Storybooks
Originality and imagination
Plot
Characterization
Setting
Theme
Style
Humor
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8. Teaching Using Picture Books
Creative and dramatic play
Creating text for wordless books
Reading aloud – play with language, model fluency
Creating collages for stories without illustrations or those students have written
Writing letters
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9. Reading to Children Choosing the books Preparing to read aloud
The reading itself
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10. Motivating Writing with Picture Storybooks
Expressive and imaginative writing
Writing letters
Mysterious endings – develop speculations to encourage children’s imaginative writing
What-if adventures with wordless picture books
What might happen next endings – write an ending
Write a story from a different point of view
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11. Picture books are those written exclusively for preschoolers.
Which of the following distinguishes picture books from other types of books?
1. In picture books, the text is always more important than the pictures.
In picture books, the illustrations are as important as the text (or even more important than the text).
Picture books are those written exclusively for preschoolers.
4. A picture book has pictures and other books
do not.
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12. All but which of the following are kinds of picture books?
Counting books
Graphic novels
Alphabetic books
Toy books
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13. Is the theme worthwhile? Are there characters of both sexes?
All but which of the following is a question to consider when selecting high-quality picture books?
Do the illustrations complement the setting, plot, and mood of the story?
Is the theme worthwhile?
Are there characters of both sexes?
Are the text, illustrations, format, and topography in harmony?
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14. Cloth and plastic books All of these
Toy books can include
Board books
Pop-up books
Cloth and plastic books
All of these
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15. Personality development Cognitive development Social development
Concept books are excellent sources of materials for stimulating children’s
Personality development
Cognitive development
Social development
Moral development
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16. Wordless picture books All of these
In which of the following types of picture books do the illustrations tell the whole story?
Concept books
Easy-to-read books
Wordless picture books
All of these
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17. What is the defining feature of an easy-to-read book?
Controlled vocabulary
Harmonious illustrations
Sequential plot
Short chapters
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18. All but which of the following are key elements in picture storybooks?
Humor
Plot, setting, and theme
Originality and imagination
A variety of artistic media
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19. In a picture storybook, a theme must
Establish the location of the story in time and place
Be closely related to children’s needs and what they understand
Create and maintain a mood
Introduce characters that have specific traits that are appealing to young children
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20. Humans in realistic situations People disguised as animals
Typical characters and situations in children’s picture storybooks include
Humans in realistic situations
People disguised as animals
Talking animals with human emotions
All of these
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21. What is probably the greatest value of reading to children?
Helping beginning readers develop an appreciation for books and literature
Improving listening skills
Improving reading skills
Exposing children to other cultures
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