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| good-quality trade books for children from birth to adolescence, covering topics of relevance and interest to children of those ages, through prose and poetry, fiction and non-fiction. |
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| How many children's books are currently in print? |
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| How many new children's books are produced annually? |
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| What kind of Children's literature is inappropriate for children, and is usually meant for adults? |
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| stories about childhood told in nostalgic or overly sentimental terms |
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| by design and content, is for the purpose of instruction |
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| by design and content, is primarily for the purposes of entertainment and information. Also often referred to as library books or storybooks. |
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| What is the most important personal gain that good books offer to children? |
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| The best children's books offer readers? |
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| enjoyment, memorable characters,situations, and valuable insights into the human condition |
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| good-but-not-great quality, have no value, no literary prizes, children love them, encourage independent readers to read more |
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Children increase their ability to think divergently |
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By seeing the world around them in new ways and by considering ways of living other than their own |
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| Experiences such as these are broadening for children because they, as readers, are taken to placesand times that they could never actually visit-and might not want to. |
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| Walking in someone else's shoes |
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Stories that are handed down from one generation to the next connect us to our past. Stories are the repositories of culture. |
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Programs such as "Character Counts" promote moral reasoning and is and intregal part of? |
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| A valuable result of children interacting with literature is? |
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| They quickly come to recognize the literary and artistic styles of many authors and illustrators. |
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are expressed through self-selection of reading materials and are powerful reading motivators. |
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Personal Preference and interest |
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| Finish this quote "The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is..." |
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| reading aloud to children |
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In teaching children to read there are two procedures that seem especially important: |
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| reading excellent literature aloud to children and silent independent reading of free-choice material by children, both on a daily basis, if possible. |
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| children are exposed to a rich vocabulary and excellent writing styles, which serve as good modles for their own speaking and writing voices |
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listening and reading excellent literature |
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| literature across the curriculum |
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| This means using works of literature as teaching materials in the content areas of social studies and history, science, health, and mathematics |
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| Illustration in children's picture books can be appreciated for its ability to help tell the story |
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