How to choose a book for children, Part 3 - The themes of a book

This is the third in a series of articles about how to choose a book for children. Last time, I advocated the crucial importance of choosing books with appeal subjective, ie books that a child, not just the books that are good for a child in any way. In this article I want to begin the discussion of the considerations that make a book a subjective interest. In particular, I will present the role of a book on topics that make them more attractive to a child, and try to give somespecific guidance on what to look for in a children's book issues.

What I mean by "issues" from a children's book? With "themes" I mean the specific content of the book, or what the book is about. For example, in a science book snakes, the problem may just be snakes. Or, in a book like The Invention of Hugo Cabret could be the subject dealing with the loss, or finding a purpose in the world. In a book like Martin Big words could, the issues are justice,Equality and love.

The key to choosing a book with arguments that the book is interesting to take a child there, those who choose a direct reference to the experiences of the child. Some aspects of the experience of the child with almost every other child his age or category of developmental disorders are divided.

For example, many each child in the class-to-two year old child to acquire language and basic concepts, you learn to control their bodies in various other types of base, and comes to recognizesome of the objects in the world. As most any subject experience a toddler-2-year-old actions of this nature, books with topics that will be directly linked to these experiences is age appropriate.

Thus, the child of two years of class, age-appropriate topics could include the colors and numbers (like One Red Sun: a counting book, by Ezra Jack Keats), the alphabet (eg, Dr. Seuss's ABC, by Dr.. Seuss) noise (eg, Clap Hands by Helen Oxenbury), dogs (egFollow Carl!, By Alexandra Day), vases (like Once Upon a Potty, Alona Frankel through) and go to bed (eg, Grandfather Twilight, Barbara Helen Berger).

children learn in the class of three to five years, to do more things myself, continue to receive more understanding of how the world works, are to acquire mastery of instincts and emotions work, started the relationship with parents to navigate, and brothers friends, and start acquiring the basicValues. Sun subjects adapted to their age could do things, "By Myself" (eg Hey, Little Baby From Nola Buck), go to the zoo (for example, when we went to the zoo, by Jan Ormerod), for example angry ("When Sophie gets angry really, really bad ..., by Molly Bang), or friendship (like the frog and toad are friends, by Arnold Lobel).

Themes could include age-appropriate children in the class six to eight years, reports in the school (eg, Chrysanthemum, by Kevin Henkes), Pets(For example, Comet Nine Lives by Jan Brett) moral character (for example, even a mouse ..., by Marcia Brown) and family relations (Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig). topics suitable for children of this category in nine of twelve years may also friendships, conflicts between good and evil (for example, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, by JK Rowling), and the search for a place in the world (for example the invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick.) These lists of appropriate ageProblems are only a beginning and should not be regarded as exhaustive.

Finally, while topics such appropriate age to connect with a child in a particular age or category of developmental disorders, there are some issues that the special child in your mind, simply because their interests will appeal. For example, my daughter eight years has always been fascinated by all things scientific, and especially the science of living things. When they were five or was an auntBook of plant anatomy and function, and have devoured. She says it is still "stomata," and "Stamp" years later! In my opinion first, this type of book would be dead boring for a period of five years (and many would be five years old to be boring). But my little scientist, was fascinating, because he had a particular interest in the subject of the book.

The bottom line is this: when you select a book for a child, consider the themes of the book and if the connection is withthe real-life experiences of the child, given his age and interests. Arguments of this kind will help the book appeal to girl for choosing to contribute. In fact, sometimes an interesting topic by itself for an interesting book to make a baby.

In the next post in this series will go to specific factors that contribute to a book to discuss the subjective interest. In particular, I'll Take That important issue of quality artwork.