Picture Books for School Age Readers · Think picture books are just for young readers? Think...
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Picture Books for School Age ReadersPresented by: Jill Burket Ragase
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If a picture is worth a thousand words, imagine the value of many pictures plus a thousand words.
-Ammom & Sherman
Why Picture Books?
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Think picture books are just for young readers? Think again!• Exposure to more complex words or stories
• Develop and Improve Background Knowledge
• Develop and Improve Contextual Decoding Skills/Visual Literacy
• Less Intimidating for Reluctant or Struggling Readers
• Easy access to complex subjects
• Support for English Learners
• Subject Matter Relatable to Many Ages
• Picture Book Art is Compelling, Complex, and Worthy of Study
• Improved Listening Skills
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The Cultural Pushback
Don’t Pick a ”Baby Book”
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Benefits of Reading Aloud to Children of All Ages
• A 2014 survey found that:
– 41% of frequent readers ages 6 -10 were read aloud to, while only 13% of infrequent readers were being read to.
– Reading aloud to children all the way up to age 11 is a predictor that children will become frequent readers
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Sophisticated Picture Book Qualities
Content
• Can deal with realistic/complex issues
• Can develop non-traditional structures
• May use complex art and/or text layout to form meaning
Language
• May us complex vocabulary or intricate wordplay
• May include literary devices such as metaphor, symbolism, or satire
Illustrations
• May contain visual puns or jokes
• May portray information not provided by the text
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(New) Recommended Titles
Onto the Books!
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Books that work for storytime & beyond
A Greyhound, a Groundhogby Emily Jenkins
Not Quite Narwalby Jessie Sima
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Storytime & Beyond
You Can Read by Helaine Becker Triangle by Mac Barnett
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Storytime & Beyond
The Night Gardener by Terry and Eric Fan
The Book of Mistakes by Corinna Luyken
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Perfect Fit for Grades 1-3
XO, OX: A Love Story by Adam Rex
The Hole story of the Doughnut by Pat Miller
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Grades 1-3
Waiting for Pumpsieby Barry Wittenstein
This is How We Do It by Matt Lamothe
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Grades 1-3
The Thing Lou Couldn’t Do by Ashley Spires
What Do You Do With an Idea by Kobi Yamada
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Perfect Fit for Grades 3-6
Out of Wonder by Kwame Alexander
Grand Canyon by Jason Chin
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Grades 3-6
Nothing Rhymes with Orange by Adam Rex
The Secret Subway by Shana Corey
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Amazing Animals Books
Coyote Moon by Maria Giangerrari
Fabulous Frogs by Martin Jenkins
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Amazing AnimalsShark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless ScientistBy Jess Keating
They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
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Biographies with Program PotentialI am Jim Henson by Brad Meltzer
Lighter than Air by Matthew Clark Smith
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Biographies with Program Potential
Whoosh!: Lonnie Johnson's Super-Soaking Stream of Inventionsby Chris Barton
Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing by