Lit. 3321-350 M&W Fiction Books

Today in class we did a fiction book and what fiction meant to us. Just about the whole thought about fiction the same way. children enjoy fairy tales because they get into the story. Many children imagine that they are the super hero or think that they can feel the magic of the story.
After the story children have a hard time coming down from cloud nine because the book could be intense that they couldn't put the book alone. So books could be suspense, horror, magical,etc.. I get into the suspense books because I enjoy making predictions until I read the ending. When I read with my daughter we act like the characters in the story and we somtimes change the ending and we get into the story. Fiction books are great for children because they use sthis to get into creative writing and that is a great tool to help them with their writing skills.
As a teacher I would read a ffiction book and have the children create their own ending to the story which we can all share with each other.

Lit.3321 M&W Chapter 7

Picture Books are part of our world. I have bought pictures for my children and it engages them to read. picture books can tell you how the story is going to end or you can draw conclusions by the pictures. When I read to my children I have them look at the pictures before I read and we start to make predictions about the story. Many pictures tell you the story and some of them just makes the story fun and the colors are out there. teachers should have a library full of picture books and age appropriate for there children so they can enjoy them. I believe these books are very important and we shouldneverfeel that we are to old for this type of books. We use these books as visual aids for all readers.

Lit.3321 M&W Author profile

The picture book I enjoyed reading is " But Mom,Everybody Else Does" Author Kay winters and pictures by Doug Cushman.This is a funny picture book which presents universal situations in most families. This book is for ages 3-8, however parents purchase this book for there teenagers.
the little girl in this book is trying to convince her mother that her acts and desires are not only
legitimate but also universal. We as parents have heard everybody does it , nobody goes to bed early,everybody has this type of shoes etc. As a teacher I would use pattern books to spark creative writing. This book was chosen by the children's book of the month as one of their selection and it has also been translated into Arabic.

Lit. 3321-350 M&W chapter 6

Chapter 6 is about Traditional Literature and we all learned about different cultures through this type of literature. Libraries now have a good selection on books that have different cultures and stories that children can relate to. The book fairs that the schools have have traditional literature and children seem to buy stories they can relate to and they get drawn to the colorful pictures. However children like books that allows them to use their imaganation which I thing it expands thier knowledge as well. Schools now teach children about other countrys and they have activites to go along with it which makes it more intersting. The book Beautiful Black Bird is agreat book it teachesmany things but the on thingthat caught my eye was when you read that the beauty comes from within andnot what you see in the outside. Ifyou haven't read this book I recommend it.