1. Reading Pictures 3 Kinds of Illustrated Books for Children

2. Illustrated Books for Preschoolers simple bright durable

3. Illustrated Books for Preschoolers feature an episodic text of a few words per page few pages emphasize patterns

4. Illustrated Books for Preschoolers Baby Books may be made of board cloth vinyl encourage physical interaction through inventive formats

5. Illustrated Books for Preschoolers Baby Books feature basic concepts or nursery rhymes stimulate dialogue between the child and the reader

6. Illustrated Books for Preschoolers Interactive books stimulate verbal or physical participation by asking questions encouraging clapping allowing readers to touch or manipulate pages

7. Illustrated Books for Preschoolers Toy books, including engineered or mechanical books, feature paper cut, folded, constructed to pop-up, see-through 3 dimensions Harold Lenz, Pop-Up Mother Goose

8. Concept Books Concept books define ideas, like opposites objects, like trains activities, like work They are oriented to patterns not plots Two special kinds of concept books are alphabet books counting books

9. Counting Books Counting books teach numeral recognition concepts of number and quantity numeric order

10. Alphabet Books Alphabet books teach visual recognition of letters alphabet order They are often arranged by theme for coherence

11. Nursery Rhyme Books Nursery rhyme books enhance auditory discrimination vocabulary development cultural literacy musical and poetic appreciation

12. Illustrated Books for Older Children Illustrated books for older children tend to feature a narrative text realistic or fantastic traditional or modern They support children’s development as readers

13. Picture Storybooks Picture storybooks balance between text and illustrations to tell the story. They feature challenging vocabulary a 32-page layout

14. Wordless Books Wordless or pure picture books have (virtually) no text Readers create their own verbal text by following the grammar of narrative using their imaginations

15. Easy-to-read Books Easy-to-read books are for beginning readers large print limited or controlled vocabulary repetitive or rhyming text

16. Transitional Readers Transitional readers are for independent readers who are not yet fluent readers: lengthy text few illustrations uncomplicated style and vocabulary