Analysis Of Memories Of A Bedtime Book Club By Dwight Garner

it is my favorite picture books for children 's because children prefer this type of books specially for the kids four years and under.

When I was a child, reading meant a magical story that I believed would come true when I grew up. Reading today is antithetic to how it was back in my childhood days. Having a want to read, meant that the library would become my best friend. As a child, my parents wanted me to stay active, which meant I was either at a ball tournament, camping, playing outside, or playing games with my friends, but I made sure I read before bed or on my way to and from ball games. When I was in preschool and elementary school my favorite books to read were The Rainbow Fish and the Junie B. Jones series. The Rainbow Fish was my favorite book because I remember seeing the cover of the book with all its vibrant colors that drew me to read it, which looking at the pictures were good enough for my attention span. Junie B. Jones book series were my favorite in grade school because I could relate Junie B. Jones life because I was the same age going through the same issues. The series was popular for children my age at our school, which we made a competition of who can read all the books first.

Children’s literature is the precedent for the development of all children. Children’s literature varies from poetry to children’s picture books. Every aspect of children’s literature gives an ability to grow a child mentally and develop their ideas and imagination. In early literature, children were romanized to be perfect and well behaved. Author Maurice Sendak counters the idea of a perfect child in his book “Where The Wild Things Are”. Sendak uses his picture book to illustrate a child’s ability to have feelings of anger, resentment, and frustration. The interviewer, Patrick F. Roughen of Red Feather Journal states that“Where the Wild Things Are (1963) contains some of the earliest attempts in children’s literature to represent the intrapsychic challenges of the lives of children. Anger, frustration, and the complexities of parent-child relationships can be found throughout its pages”. “Where the Wild Things Are” reinforces the idea that children are capable of emotions that one would imagine are only depicted in the adult world.

My favorite childhood book was called, Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. Green Eggs and Ham is about how Sam wants his friend to try green eggs and ham, and after much convincing, he tries them and likes them (“WikiSummaries”, 2016). The theme of this book is about how you shouldn’t make up your mind about something without trying it. This book is about imagination and the genre of the story is comedy. I remember reading this book for the first time and I really enjoyed the book because it was funny and it was fun to read. I also learned a lot from this book because the theme is about how you shouldn’t make up your mind about something without trying it. This means you shouldn’t jump into not trying something fast without seeing if you

It surprised me at first that Contemporary Realistic Fiction is the most popular genre in children’s books. But after reading this it made more sense why contemporary realistic fiction is the most popular genre. It approaches the reality of children’s own lives. They can also connect to it so much easier than other genres.

In the modern world, children’s literature, fairy tales, and fiction books influence our childhood and early development. In the 1500’s and 1600’s no children’s literature for entertainment existed, they had educational books. As babies, toddlers, and preschoolers, my parents and teachers read us books after books. It is proven that reading to young kids is important for their imagination, vocabulary, and communication skills in early life.

Seuss. These two books have so much in common. The most common thing that they have in a collective prospective is that both books contain rhyming words in them. Most of the words are repeative throughout the book until the end. In Green Eggs and Ham the theme was try new things, you might find you like them. “I do so like Green Eggs and Ham! Thank you! Thank you, Sam-I-am.” (Seuss Pg.32) which is good because this sends off the message to all the little kids that don’t like to eat their vegetables for example. If you try your vegetables, you might like them for the first time. This shows them that they can too try new things they might enjoy it. On the other hand, One Fish, two fish, red Fish, blue Fish the story sends off the message to encourage the young readers to be observant as well as imaginative. The quote that reflects the theme is “From here to there, funny things are everywhere.” (Seuss Pg. 6). In Green Eggs and Ham he begins with trying all different ways to get him to try the food. He asks would he like to try it with different partners even different places. He never would budge then finally he leads up giving in. At the end, he gracefully thanks Sam-I-Am for pushing him into trying it. Turns out that he liked it after trying instead of judging. In One Fish Two Fish Blue Fish. It started off with a little boy and little girl. Throughout the book the little girl and little boy

Since the view of childhood changes in the nineteenth century, the potential of children’s literature becomes evident. With the reference to the sources of children’s literature, they can be traced back to alterations in translation and in the literature for adults, where a child or childhood are essential concepts; moreover folk literature is concerned to be a wide source for this literary genre. According to Peter Hunt

Professor Proust, a memory researcher, designs an experiment to test the hypothesis that reading picture books designed for children significantly enhances college students' memories of childhood. She asks participants to write about significant childhood memories, and to circle any events they remember from a list of common memories (such as getting lost in a store or breaking a leg, etc.).

After a four week survey of a multitude of children’s book authors and illustrators, and learning to analyze their works and the methods used to make them effective literary pieces for children, it is certainly appropriate to apply these new skills to evaluate a single author’s works. Specifically, this paper focuses on the life and works of Ezra Jack Keats, a writer and illustrator of books for children who single handedly expanded the point of view of the genre to include the experiences of multicultural children with his Caldecott Award winning book “Snowy Day.” The creation of Peter as a character is ground breaking in and of itself, but after reading the text the reader is driven to wonder why “Peter” was created. Was he a vehicle for

The book I selected was How the Grinch Stole Christmas because it was the first “big kid” book that I learned to read. My mom read it to me as a goodnight story. After I learned how to read it with my mom, I would read it every night with my brother and sister. This was the first book that I had always begged to read, no matter how many times I had read it, it was always very interesting, funny, and adventurous. The Dr. Seuss book How the Grinch Stole Christmas is the story of when The Grinch did not like Christmas at all but every Who in Whoville liked Christmas a lot.

Dr. Seuss is an all time favorite right next to Junie B. Jones. The rhyming always kept me interested as if it were music, which is a passion of mine. They were easy to follow along with and always made me laugh. On the other hand I related to the Junie books.

Why favorite book in elementary school was Captain Underpants and the Revolting Revenge of the Radioactive Robo-Boxers because I thought it was hilarious as a kid that 2 kids and an hypnotized principal was able to outsmart a evil genius with a mech suit. I also liked the friendship of George and Harold because it reminded me of the friendships that I had at that time.

Doughty, A. A. (2013). 'Throw the Book Away': Reading versus Experience in Children's Fantasy. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

There are numerous children’s books available for educators to utilize as they create, integrate, and incorporate reading books into their lessons. When selecting books for students, many factors come into play. One central component to employ when selecting Children’s books is ensuring the book is developmentally appropriate for the child (Lennox, 2013). In order to select