Reading Picture Books with Children

Megan Dowd Lambert is an instructor at the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College, where she previously earned her master's degree in children's literature. She writes about books and parenting for the Horn Book Magazine, has sat on a Caldecott Committee, and worked at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art for many years before writing A CROW OF HIS OWN, her first picture book.

   • Foreword
   • Preface - Reading with Children
   • Introduction - How I learned to Think with My Eyes

   • Chapter 1 - That's About the Size of It
Trim Size and Orientation

   • Chapter 2 - Coming Attractions
Jackets and Covers

   • Chapter 3 - Visual Overtures
Endpapers

   • Chapter 4 - Slow Down and Look
Front Matter

   • Chapter 5 - Knocked Out by Type
Typography

   • Chapter 6 - Gutter Talk and More
Page Design

   • Chapter 7 - "Children, Children, What Do You See?"
Nurturing Visual Intelligence

   • Chapter 8 - The Picture Book Playground
The Benefits (and Fun) of hte Whole Book Approach

   • Conclusion - The Story Continues
   • Acknowledgments
   • Resources
Leading Whole Book Approach Storytimes
Whole Book Approach Sample Questions
Gloassary of Book and Storytime Terminology
Further Reading
   • Notes
   • Image Credits
   • Index