Books for Infants and Toddlers
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Appendix A Books for Infants and Toddlers Young children need to be immersed in a literacy-rich ask the librarian at your local library to give you a list of environment. A foundation for reading success begins award-winning picture books; likewise, do not hesitate as early as the first few months of life. Exposure to books to ask the salesperson at a local bookstore to provide this and caring adults nourishes literacy development. Books information. Chances are they will have a list of these and oral language are tools to help infants and toddlers award-winning books or can complete a computer search become familiar with language. Young children enjoy to obtain this information for you. On-line merchants handling books and listening to stories. Infants and should also be able to provide you this information. toddlers enjoy the visual and auditory stimulation of You should also review the illustrations for size and having books read to them over and over again. quality before selecting a picture book. Study them Books help very young children by: carefully. You will notice a wide variety of illustration types in books for infants and toddlers. There are photo- 9 Developing visual discrimination skills graphs, watercolors, line drawings, and collages. As you 9 Developing visual memory skills review books, remember that infants and toddlers need 9 Developing listening skills to have large, realistic illustrations. Realistic illustrations serve two purposes: They help the young children main- 9 Developing auditory memory skills tain their interest in the book and they help develop 9 Presenting new and interesting information concept formation. 9 Introducing new vocabulary Other questions beside award-winning status and 9 Stimulating new thoughts and ideas quality of illustrations to ask yourself while evaluating books for infants and young toddlers include: 9 Helping children learn book-handling skills such as turning pages and reading text versus pictures 9 Is the book developmentally appropriate for the child or group of children? Books that are developmentally appropriate for infants and toddlers are abundant. Some of the best examples 9 Does the book have visual appeal? feature various physical formats combined with clearly 9 Are the pages thick, durable, and easy to clean? developed concepts or a simple story and distinctive art 9 Are the illustrations large and brightly colored? or photographic work. 9 Do the illustrations contain pictures of familiar Features of books for babies and infants include a objects, routines, or people? scaled-down size appropriate for manipulation with small hands and for lap reading. Pages are either soft for 9 Does the story reflect the children’s own safety or thick for sturdiness and ease of turning. Many experiences? books have a wipe-clean finish and rounded corners for 9 Is the vocabulary appropriate? safety.Formats include cloth, vinyl, and floatable bathtub books in chunky sizes. The content is concept-oriented For older toddlers, ask yourself the following questions: with clear pictures or photographs, usually including 9 Is the story simple and easy to follow? babies or objects relating to a baby’s life. Books for toddlers also feature the scaled-down size 9 Does the book contain rhyming or repetitive and sturdiness. Other features may include interactivity phrases to entice toddlers to join in the reading? such as touch-and-feel, lift-the-flaps, and detachable or 9 Does the book accurately depict children and/or cling-on pieces. Concept development remains para- people of different races, cultures, and abilities? mount, and simple stories predominate. Recently, several picture book stories have been redone in board book format, greatly expanding the availability of quality TRANSITIONING TO PAPER BOOKS literature for toddlers. Older toddlers may be ready to transition to paper books. At first, provide paper copies only when you can constantly supervise their use. Toddlers’ fine motor SELECTING BOOKS skills can still be somewhat jerky, resulting in torn Careful consideration should be given to selecting age- pages. In addition, until they have been taught how appropriate books for young children. When choosing to appropriately handle paper pages, toddlers tend to books, begin by looking for award winners. You can treat paper books in the same manner as they would Copyright © 2002, Delmar Appendix A 459 cardboard books. With your guidance, they can learn Friends. 1995. to read a paper book “just like a big kid.” Fun. 1996. Play. 1995. SUGGESTIONS FOR READING TO INFANTS Pienkowski, Jan. Bronto’s Brunch. Dutton Books, 1995. AND TODDLERS (Has detachable pieces. Ages 3+) There are seven steps to making reading an enjoyable Good Night, Moo. Dutton Books, 1995. (Has and educational experience for infants and toddlers. detachable pieces. Ages 3+) Potter, Beatrix. Beatrix Potter Cloth Books. Frederick 9 Get comfortable! Sit on a couch, in a rocking chair, Warne & Co. or on the floor with your back against a wall. Hold My Peter Rabbit Cloth Book. 1994. the child in your lap or snuggle close to a small My Tom Kitten Cloth Book. 1994. group of children. Pudgy Pillow Books. Grosset & Dunlap. 9 Read slowly, allowing plenty of time for children Baby’s Animal Sounds. 1989. to look at the illustrations. This increases the Baby’s Little Engine That Could. 1989. pleasure and enjoyment derived from books for Barbaresi, Nina. Baby’s Mother Goose. 1989. everyone involved. Ulrich, George. Baby’s Peek A Boo. 1989. 9 Ask questions to engage children in conversation. Tong, Willabel L. Cuddly Cloth Books. Andrews & The experience should be as much about speaking McMeel. skills as listening skills for young children. Farm Faces. 1996. 9 Pause to encourage children to read along with My Pets. 1997. you. You will find that infants will coo or babble My Toys. 1997. and toddlers will supply words or phrases. These Zoo Faces. 1997. experiences also serve to reinforce the development Tucker, Sian. My First Cloth Book series. Simon & of turn-taking skills. Schuster. 9 Follow their lead. For example, encourage children Quack, Quack. 1994. to turn the pages. Do not worry if pages are skipped. Rat-A-Tat-Tat. 1994. It is highly likely that whatever you miss now will Toot Toot. 1994. be covered in future readings of the book. Yum Yum. 1994. 9 Encourage children to read the story to you. 9 Read for as long as children enjoy it. Forcing young VINYL COVER AND BATH BOOKS children to remain in a situation when they are Bracken, Carolyn. Baby’s First Rattle: A Busy Bubble finished only serves to diminish their “love of Book. Simon & Schuster, 1984. books.” De Brunhoff, Laurent. Babar’s Bath Book. Random 9 Share your enthusiasm for the book through your House, 1992. voice and facial expressions. Children learn to love Hill, Eric. Spot’s Friends. Putnam, 1984. books when an adult shares their own enjoyment. Spot’s Toys. Putnam, 1984. Sweet Dreams, Spot. Putnam, 1984. CLOTH BOOKS Hoban, Tana. Tana Hoban’s Red, Blue, Yellow Shoe. Animal Play. Dorling Kindersley, 1996. Greenwillow Books, 1994. Briggs, Raymond. The Snowman. Random House, 1993. Tana Hoban’s What Is It? Greenwillow Books, 1994. Cousins, Lucy. My First Cloth Book series. Candlewick I. M. Tubby. I’m a Little Airplane. Simon & Schuster, Press. 1982. (Shape book) Flower in the Garden. 1992. I’m a Little Choo Choo. Simon & Schuster, 1982. Hen on the Farm. 1992. (Shape book) Kite in the Park. 1992. I’m a Little Fish. Simon & Schuster, 1981. Teddy in the House. 1992. (Shape book) Harte, Cheryl. Bunny Rattle. Random House, 1989. My First Duck. Dutton, 1996. (Playskool shape book) (Has a rattle in it) Nicklaus, Carol. Grover’s Tubby. Random House/ Ducky Squeak. Random House, 1989. (Has a Children’s Television Workshop, 1992. squeaker in it) Potter, Beatrix. Beatrix Potter Bath Books series. Hill, Eric. Clothes-Spot Cloth Book. Putnam, 1993. Frederick Warne & Co. Play-Spot Cloth Book. Putnam, 1993. Benjamin Bunny. 1994. My First Notebook. Eden International Ltd. (Has a rattle Jemima Puddle-Duck. 1988. inside and plastic spiral rings.) Mr.Jeremy Fisher. 1989. Pienkowski, Jan. Jan Pienkowski’s First Cloth Book Peter Rabbit. 1989. series. Little Simon. Tom Kitten, Mittens, and Moppet. 1989. Animals. 1995. Reichmeier, Betty. Potty Time. Random House, 1988. 460 Appendix A Copyright © 2002, Delmar Smollin, Michael J. Ernie’s Bath Book. Random House/ Hill, Eric. Spot Block Book series. Putnam. Children’s Television Workshop, 1982. Spot’s Favorite Baby Animals. 1997. Tucker, Sian. Sian Tucker Bath Books series. Simon & Spot’s Favorite Numbers. 1997. Schuster. Spot’s Favorite Words. 1997. Animal Splash. 1995. Hirashima, Jean. ABC. Random House, 1994. Splish Splash. 1995. (Chunky shape) Ingle, Annie. Zoo Animals. Random House, 1992. Loehr, Mallory. Trucks. Random House, 1992. TOUCH AND FEEL BOOKS (Chunky shape) Carter, David A. Feely Bugs. Little Simon, 1995. Marzollo, Jean. Do You Know New? HarperCollins, Chang, Cindy. Good Morning Puppy. Price Stern Sloan, 1997. 1994. McCue, Lisa. Little Fuzzytail. Random House, 1995. Good Night Kitty! Price Stern Sloan, 1994. (Chunky Peek a Board Book) Demi, Hitz. Downy Duckling. Grosset & Dunlap, 1988. Miller, Margaret. Super Chubby Book series. Simon & Fluffy Bunny. Grosset & Dunlap, 1987. Schuster. Hanna, Jack. Let’s Go to the Petting Zoo with Jungle Jack. At the Shore. 1996. Doubleday, 1992. Family Time. 1996. Hill, Eric. Spot’s Touch and Feel Day. Putnam, 1997. Happy Days. 1996. Kunhardt, Dorothy. Pat the Bunny. Western Publishing, Let’s Play. 1997. 1968. My Best Friends. 1996. Kunhardt, Dorothy & Edith. Pat the Cat. Western Water Play. 1996. Publishing, 1984. Wheels Go Round. 1997. Pat the Puppy. Western Publishing, 1993. Oxenbury, Helen. Helen Oxenbury’s Little Baby Books. Lodge, J. Patch and His Favorite Things. Harcourt Brace, Candlewick Press, 1996. 1996. Boxed set includes: I Can; I Hear; I See; I Touch.