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Encourage your child’s involvement in the story through questions and comments, but never press for a response. The reading time should never become a “lesson.” Encourage the child to respond by asking questions such as “what do you see?” “What is happening in the picture?” Involve the child in other ways. Make paper bag puppets and act out the story, draw a picture about how the story makes him feel, or help you prepare a recipe suggested by the story, such as The Gingerbread Man. When you share stories with the child, you are saying books and reading are important. You are making literature a part of the child’s life and helping him to discover that books bring lifelong pleasure.

Books for Various Ages

Infants enjoy stories with interesting sound patterns and a lilting cadence. Read in a gentle, quiet voice.
Some time between eight and fourteen months, the child will reach out with her hands to touch the book. During this stage, use books that have strong durable paper or laminated pages. Allow the baby to turn the pages for you; the child’s first fascination with books is often the hinged page. Involve the young child through singing, touching, identifying the object in the picture of completing the rhyme.

Toddlers like small books---books they can carry easily, or large books that seem almost as big as the child. They enjoy books with pictures of ordinary objects that they can identify, counting books, and books with humor. Use wordless books and encourage the toddler to talk about what is happening in the pictures. Very young children usually enjoy books that they can interact with---books with pictures that have a flap to lift or a tab to pull and books that surprise the reader with a picture that can pop-up! This may be a way to engage an active child in books.

Preschoolers easily move back and forth between reality and fantasy and look for this in their stories. Three and four year olds are ready for simple folk tales. They enjoy the repetition of words and phrases in a set pattern. They like the stories with suspense and characters with whom they can identify. Look for stories with simple, direct plots in which familiarity is mixed with surprise, short dialogue, action that quickly builds to a climax, and a satisfying ending.
By ages five and six, preschoolers are enjoying the traditional folk tales. Picture books are the child’s first introduction to art. Choose among the best. Ask the librarian to show you the Caldecott Medal and Honor Books. The American Library Association presents the Caldecott Medal annually to the illustrator of “the most distinguished picture book for children published in the US during the preceding year.” Look for books in which both stories and pictures combine to delight the reader. Happy reading!!

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