The short (or long or tall) of it: A concept book is a picture book that teaches a broad concept to young readers. Examples? Alphabet books, number books, books about c o l o r s , opposites, feelings and emotions. A concept is an idea, an abstract notion. Here's the rub. Very young readers are concrete thinkers, very "here and now." Luckily concept books do not have to teach the alphabetic principle, or algebra, or color theory. They teach what toddlers and young preschoolers can see, hear, touch, and feel - the upper and lowercase, quiet and loud, and happy and sad face of things. Three concept books by DENISE FLEMING: LUNCH (1998) from Henry Holt and Co. Concept: Colors. A toothsome mouse called Mouse eats his way through the primary and secondary colors and then some. The pictures are deliciously big. Bon appetit! The emergent literacy bent: The text is sparse and the letters large, fostering print awareness. Point out a few words as you read. Clever...
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Hi Linda! I know your daughters from college and was drawn to your site as they advertised your big giveaway. At my internship, I tweet as "RC - the Reading Creature," Allegheny County's reading mascot. I linked to your blog today and will be looking back at it regularly to update RC's twitter and facebook accounts. Feel free to check it out at @ReadingCreature or https://www.facebook.com/ReadingCreature
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I visited your facebook page. RC is great! I love that you suggest linking read-alouds to family activities. I remember taking my toddling two for walks in the park in Pennsylvania. Geese everywhere!!! Wish I had known about Hoban's Who Are They? back then. Honk, honk!
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ReplyDeleteI am so excited to win your give away. I can't wait to give each child at the orphanage a book. Thank you!
I would like to hear more about "Goodnight Moon 1 2 3". I love "Goodnight Moon".
Thanks, Linda.
Happy Reading!
Donna
Will do. The release date on Goodnight Moon 123 is January 18, so I will review it towards the end of the month. Congratulations again! Linda
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