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By: Strega Nona, Old Befana, and me (somewhat middle-aged Befana) | Blog of Green Gables

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 19:58:52 +0000

[...] books, and Kerry spoke of an excellent post she’d read by mom-author-blogger Laurel Snyder, A Meditation on My Fierce Love of Picture Books. I went home and looked it up, and even though weeks have gone by, I’m still mulling what I [...]

By: laurel

laurel — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:09:03 +0000

Of course! (and thank you)

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:09:22 +0000

This is so completely beautiful and true. Can I repost on my blog sometime?

By: Debbie @ A Library of our Own

Debbie @ A Library of our Own — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:55:22 +0000

What a fascinating blog post. I am one of those mothers, my son has been reading since he was three and a half. He has “graduated” to chapter books. Luckily a lot of chapter books still have pictures, though not as many. He likes the non-fiction ones, he likes the fact that there is a fuller story. I do not find this a problem. You must learn to read to get to the point where you can enjoy the classics, fantasy, modern fiction, where the words great the pictures for you. With that said, my son falls to sleep, almost every night, with a picture book on top of him. He still loves picture books as do I and his little sister. The pictures in pictures books have taken on a new life for him. He studies them now, before he will read, looking for clues, trying to find the story in the pictures. I by no means intend to stop encouraging my child along his path of reading but it’s not an all or nothing world. Picture books with their laugh out loud fun, great rhymes, silly words, enchanting worlds, long journeys, and beautiful pictures will be a part of his life for a long time to come. A picture book does not = less or lower. I know that I will be one sad mom when I finally by my last picture book. I love some of them more than my kids.

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By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:03:47 +0000

Hear hear! My 3rd grade daughter spent a lot of her bedtime reading time last week re-enjoying Pickles to Pittsburgh and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, getting lost in all the humor and detail of the wonderful illustrations…..

By: How to build a reader, part 2 | A Mom's World

How to build a reader, part 2 | A Mom's World — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:35:37 +0000

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By: Julianne Fuchs-Musgrave

Julianne Fuchs-Musgrave — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:53:17 +0000

Wonderful, validating piece! It is always warming to remember that there are many of us who keep shelves of beautiful friends, always waiting to inspire, to comfort, to delight us. I recently found a pristine copy of “Rain Makes Applesauce” at a library book sale. When I gave it to my step-daughter for her young sons, I was especially thrilled to see the joy in her eyes as she instantly remembered upteem readings.

By: Douglas Florian

Douglas Florian — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:16:30 +0000

So nice to see Rain Makes Applesauce mentioned. It was an extraordinary Caldecott Honor book by my esteemed sweet teacher at QC Marvin Bileck.

By: Vicky Alvear Shecter

Vicky Alvear Shecter — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:07:53 +0000

This is an amazing and powerful piece, Laurel. Off to look at some picture books that I’ve ignored for a long time!