Mention a name from a beloved childhood picture book-Madeline,
Corduroy, Peter Rabbit, Max and his "wild things"-and most adults
can recollect a bright image, fragments of a story, the timbre of a
certain reading voice, the sensation of being held, and best of all
being together with someone and enveloped in fantasy. Why do
picture book images shown to us as young children linger in our
minds? How do picture books shape our lives early on and even later
into adulthood? This book takes up such questions. It explores the
profound impact of the experience of reading to children. Ellen
Handler Spitz reveals how classic picture books transmit
psychological wisdom, convey moral lessons, shape tastes, and
implant subtle prejudices. Each chapter of the book discusses
well-known children's books-Goodnight Moon, Babar, Little Black
Sambo, to name a few-that deal with a theme of importance to young
children. These include bedtime, separation, loss, and death;
curiosity, disobedience, and punishment; and identity and
self-acceptance. Focusing on the relationship between a child and
an adult reader, Spitz explains the notion of "conversational
reading" and emphasizes the mutual benefits of dialogue and
intimacy. This book not only gives parents, grandparents, teachers,
therapists, and scholars a new understanding of the meaning of
picture books, it also empowers adults to interpret and choose
future cultural experiences for their children.
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