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How to Choose Books for Young Children Babies Toddlers Preschoolers

Good books for babies have:

thick or cardboard pages a size small enough for a baby to hold large pictures and bright colors real faces and everyday objects just a few words rhymes and songs

Good books for toddlers have:

a simple, predictable plot rhymes, songs and poetry sounds and noises as part of the story appealing illustrations subjects from toddler's real world words and phrases that repeat flaps and simple pop-ups

Good books for preschoolers have:

interesting stories and characters folk and fairy tales rich language many different styles of illustration poetry and stories told in rhyme cumulative stories wordless picture books real world subjects preschool concepts

Illustration from WHOSE SHOES? by Anna Grossnickle Hines. Illustration copyright ©2001 by LeUyen Pham.
Used by permission of Harcourt, Inc.