Picture Books

· Allow the readers to expand their minds and imaginations without depending on just text to give you specific details.

· Being able to analyze the pictures, facial expressions, and details to be able to make inferences about emotions, tone, and mood.

· The more minutely you describe in the text, the more you will confine the mind of the reader

· Picture book was our first dictionary of visual vocabulary

· Sequential imagery and minimal text to convey meaning or tell a story= Picture Book

· Picture books have been around since the late 19^th century

· Curios George was one of the first big hits!

· Where the Wild Things Are was extremely influential

· Works on building vocabulary words and imaginations with children

Ms. Crabtree's Clever Kiddos