When you think about a picture book you usually think its a book that only displays pictures and a less amount of words. That's correct but picture books are also grouped into different categories like; the Mother Goose Stories, Concept books, Alphabet books, counting books, Wordless picture books, toy books, pop-up books, easy to read books, picture storybooks and post modern picture books. When reading a picture book the elements of illustrations are very important. For instance Color is used to by artist to convey character,mood and emotion. Line is considered to be the most common and expressive element in picture books. Shape is the two-dimensional form representing an object.Texture the illusion of texture is created by an artist to communicate the sensation of roughness, smoothness, hardness, softness, and so forth. Style is not a separate element bu the impact of all of the elements together.Point of View Illustrators use a variety of perspectives to give readers different vantage points from which to view the events in a story. Distance refers to how close or far the viewer is from the scene in the illustration.Media painterly and graphic in which illustrators us to create their artwork.
Its very important that you understand how to read picture books. "The first critical step is to select a picture book in which the pictures are an integral part of the story and that meets the development needs and cultural context of the children with whom you will share the book with. Then make sure the children are within easy viewing of the book, if children cannot see the book, they will probably disengage from the experience."(Pg 100).
After reading the chapter a few things stood out to me that I would use in my own classroom. Having the students make picture books of their choice, A Literature Response Journal and also having the students complete a Reader's Theater(Drama). Each of these activities challenges the students understanding of books with words and without words.
some of the books I would use are:
1.Is it red, Is it Yellow, Is it Blue
2.The Water Hole
3.The Cat in the Hat
4.Where the Wild things are
5. Hugo
6. Curious George
7.Madeline
8. Were Back!
9.The Lorax
10. Shrek
Picturing Books
"Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave a tantalizing gap between the pictures and the words, a gap that is filled by the reader’s imagination, adding so much to the excitement of reading a book." ~Anthony Browne, UK Children’s Laureate, 2009-2011
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