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The Clown of God

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Author: Tomie dePaola
Illustrator: Tomie dePaola
Plot: A poor orphan boy who learns to juggle and makes baby Jesus smile
Theme: Making people happy by doing what he loves to do
Main Characters: Giovanni
Setting: Italy

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Strega Nona

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Author: Tomie dePaola
Illustrator: Tomie dePaola
Plot: Big Anthony causes the title character’s magic pasta pot to create so much pasta that it nearly flooded and buried a town.
Theme: Be careful of being too boastful and not to listen or you will suffer the consequences
Main Characters: Big Anothony & Strega Nona (Grandma Witch)
Setting: Italy

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The Empty Pot

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Author: Demi
Illustrator: Charlotte Dumaresq Hunt
Plot: Whoever can grow a beautiful flower can be emperor
Theme: If you are honest you might be rewarded
Main Characters: Emperor and Ping
Setting: China

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Arrow to the Sun

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Author: Gerald McDermott
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Plot: A boy trying to find his father, asks around the town and is sent up to the sun to complete tasks to find out the sun is his father
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Main Characters: Sun god and son
Setting: Pueblo Indian tale (Vague location)

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In the Beginning: Creation Stories from around the World

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Author: Virginia Hamilton
Illustrator: Barry Moser
Plot: Different ways other cultures explain their beginning story 
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D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myth

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Author/Illustrator: Ingri and Edgar Parin D’ Aulaire
Plot: Shows the relationships between the characters
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Animal Alphabet

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Author: Bert Kitchen
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Aesop’s Fables

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Author: Aesop
Illustrator: Milo Winter
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Anno’s Counting Book

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Author: Mitsumasa Anno
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Noah’s Ark

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Author: Peter Spier
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the Oxford Illustrated Book of American Children’s Poems

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Author: Donald Hall
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Where the Sidewalk Ends

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Author: Shel Silverstein 
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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Author: Beatrix Potter
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The Snowy Day

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Author: Ezra Jack Keats
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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Author: Eric Carle
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Lobel’s Book of Mother Goose

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Author: Arnold Lobel
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The Jolly Postman

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Author: Janet and Allan Ahlberg
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The Talking Eggs

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Author: Robert D. San Souci
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Cinderella

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Author: Marcia Brown
Illustrator: Charles Perrault 
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Why Mosquitos Buzz In People’s Ears

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Author: Verna Aardema 
Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney
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Lon Po Po

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Author: Ed Young
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Once a Mouse

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Stone Soup

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

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Beatrix Potter

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The Snowy Day

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Ezra Jack Keats

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar

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Eric Carle

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Lobel’s Book of Mother Goose

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Arnold Lobel

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The Jolly Postman

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Janet and Allan Ahlberg

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Cinderella

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Marcia Brown

Charles Perrault

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The Talking Eggs

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Robert D. San Souci

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Why Mosquitos Buzz In People’s Ears

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Verna Aardema

Illustrator: Jerry Pinkney

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Lon Po Po

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Ed Young

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Once a Mouse

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Marcia Brown

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Stone Soup

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Marcia Brown

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William Caxton

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In 1476, brought 1st printing press to England which allowed lower book prices;
books were sold for PENNIES (chapter books) by peddlers (chaps)

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John Bunyan

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wrote Pilgrim’s Progress which offers children and adults an adventure AND moral improvement

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Charles Perrault

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wrote down/translated fairytales from French(cinderella) ; Contes de ma Mere I Oye (Tales of Mother Goose!!!) was Perrault’s first book, written from oral tradition (didn’t create);
first to recognize that fairytales had special place w/ children. Also wrote down Le Petit Chaperon rouge (Little Red Riding Hood), Cendrillon(Cinderella), Le Chat Botté (Puss in Boots), La Belle au bois dormant (The Sleeping Beauty) and La Barbe bleue (Bluebeard)

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John Locke

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proposed the tabula rasa (“blank tablet”) view of children = children are not innately bad but acquired their characteristics through experience;
advised parents to spend time with kids and help them become contributing members of society; recommended Aesop’s and Reynard the Fox for children;
Children should be LED in search for knowledge

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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believed children were born knowing right from wrong; wrote Emile which describes child’s growth; children should be ACCOMPANIED in search for knowledge; mild, rational approach to edu the young;
stressed importance of harmony b/t child’s natural physical and mental development

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William Blake

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wrote poetry ABOUT children, not TO children; wrote towards Industrial Revo/beginning of Romantic

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Daniel Defoe

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wrote Robinson Crusoe - written for adults but read by children bc they conveyed ideal moral values of hard work and self sufficiency

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The Brothers Grimm

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Wilhelm and Jacob translated oral German tales; Wilhelm (poetic) wanted to tell tales in new form for children; Jacob (scholarly) wanted to keep tales in most original form;
1st book published in 1812

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John Newbery

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“The Father of Children’s Literature”, wrote A Little Pretty Pocket Book for children – attempted to teach alphabet using games, fables, rhymes; published 20 books for children w/ intent to entertain; his success opened door for other publishers of children’s lit

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Randolph Caldecott

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illustrator who conveyed action, joy, and humor; illus The Diverting History of John Gipin, Te Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate, Hey Diddle Diddle Picture Book

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Early Sunday School

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1720s – 1840s, literature written specific for children

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Oral traditional

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share traditions and values, speculate about human beginnings, explain origin of universe, emphasize ethical truths, define people as a culture, reflect landscape and events of region!!

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Africa

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story tellers are highly respected; encouraged audience interaction; tales featured dramatic heroes, personified animals, witty tricksters (Brer rabbit, Anansi the spider)

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Europe

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mixture of cultures bc of migration, trade, warfare, expansion; Greece and Rome were influential as they expanded, reached climax in Middle Ages!!!, “castle/cottage tales” told orally then written down; ruling class preferred epics and poetry about deeds of lord, sometimes accompanied by harp/lyre (Beowolf); humbler people’s tales featured peasants, “and they lived happily ever after” going from “rags to riches”

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North America

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Natives developed myths expressing reverence for rolling prairies, lush forests, etc

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South America

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story tellers of Yucatan Peninsula and Andes chronicled the rise of Maya, Aztec, Inca, wars of expansion, Spanish conquest of homeland

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Asia

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Mesopotamia to Japan; tales express respect for traditions, elderly, and dead; feature bones, fish, fruits, vegetables, ghosts, birds; myths and legends eventually incorporated into Taoism, Confucianism, Hinduism, Buddhism

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Puritanism

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Emphasized preparation for death/hell; view of kids = they need to be saved; instructional, knowledge of the Bible. Kids died young more frequently those days so it was imperative to save them

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Picture book

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End papers, cover, dust jacket, title page, contents; illus verify the text by co-telling(tell same story as text), paralleling (tell story within illustration), or extending (go beyond text); text + illus = best combo of art and language; carefully planned pic book will include design elements to entice an audience; each aspect affects way readers construct meaning from text

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Folk tale

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archetypal, flat, same from beginning to end; represents humanity

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Poetry

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is understandable. it evokes laughter creates images expresses feelings. Appealing to children because this is their natural language. Poems manipulate the elements of sound, rhythm, and meaning to create an impact more powerful than any found in prose.

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Mother Goose

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rhythm + beat = promotes rhythm; strong, pronounced beat invites personal response; audible sounds and linguistic in memory; enables reader to delight in images; sparks creativity; enables development of imagination; PLOT IS DIVULGED RIGHT AWAY; witty and whimsical characters; nonsense is very common; humor appeals to child and adult; encourages cog dev by setting up differences/comparisons between fantasy and reality

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Myth

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D’Aulaires Greek mythology; symbolize truth (mythos); exciting stories w/ well-defined characters, heroic action, challenging situations, reveals heritage of lang, customs, symbols, laws; expresses meaning of beliefs and portrays vision of destiny; psychologists believe myths awake human consciousness and explain human emotion

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Epic

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recount courageous deeds of mortals as they struggle against each other/gods/monsters/etc; reveal human emotion; portray eternal struggles between good/evil; contribute to appreciation of world history and lit; contribute to understanding of national ideals of behavior; contribute to knowledge of valor, heroism, nobility

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Legend

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give stories about people in particular areas/eras; featuring a real human (NOT supernatural) who became part of culture

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Tall Tale

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contribute history, myth, and fact; centered around characters that exemplify character traits of country’s people and values; characters are idols of symbols of strength, can overcome any problem; suspense created in how problem will be solved
Ex: Davy Crockett, Johnny Appleseed, Daniel Boone, Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyun

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Fables

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moral tales to teach lessons; use animals as main characters; children are more willing to learn from animals; meant to teach AND entertain; over time, people added the morals to teach the story

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Wood Carving

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Once a Mouse (Marcia Brown)

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Gouache

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Arrow to the Sun (Gerald Mcdermott)

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Watercolor

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Strega Nona/Clown of God (Tomie de Paola)

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Simple, nonfiction

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contribute to child’s fundamentals; expand lang and knowledge

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Alphabet

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children develop awareness of words; familiar objects, sounds, letters; clear letter/sound identification; identifiable letter and illus; uncluttered illus for younger, detailed and rich illus for older = develop observational skills, increases ability to focus, develop discussion skills

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Counting

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one-to-one correspondence, develop counting sequentially, teaches math skills; identifiable numbers and corresp objs; show 1 large number, word for number, appropriate objects

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Randolph Caldecott Medal

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awarded annually by American Library Association for outstanding illustration in a children’s picturebook

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John Newbery Medal

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awarded annually by American Library Association for outstanding children’s literature

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1st printing press to England 1476

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William Caxton

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1st fairytales

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(previous ones were fr oral tradition) - Hans Cristen Andersen was the first to create his own fairy tales. he was a danish author and poet

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Charles Perrault

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first to write down folk tales as fairy tales

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First author and illustrator to write about AF American

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Ezra Jack Keats (Jewish)

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Collage

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The Hungry Caterpillar (Eric Carle)

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Picture Book

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will contain text (intrinsically interesting words; natural intrinsic rhythm that is pleasing to the ear)
Illustrations catch and hold child’s interest; contain distinguished art; work with text to enrich the presented idea; co-tell, support, extend, or parallel text; varying colors; texture conveys reality, motion; lines and shapes to create perception and contribute to 3D quality

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Wordless

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tell story through illus; reveal story structure; stimulate lang develop as kids interpret story; est foundation for reading develop as kids interpret story verbally; develop intuitive understanding of relationship between print and sound; provide opportunities for story writing

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Cotelling

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Shows what the text was saying

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Parallel

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Tells story within the illustration

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Extended

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Goes beyond the illustration

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