Reading Picture Books
Picture books are for little kids of the human variety. Phooey.
Have you looked at the picture book shelves in your public library lately? These mistakenly maligned books are well written on a wide variety of topics, well illustrated and lots of fun to read.
I regularly browse through a few when I visit the library. Pete the Cat is a favorite series. There is one about the bear Winnie the Pooh is based on. Another one I found was on writing Arabic, not a primer but a description of the alphabet and how writing it is to make a thing of beauty.
Yes, my picture book shelf is almost bare. This is due to a dilemma. The reading challenge counts every book I read regardless of length. The average picture book is 32 pages so the number of books adds up fast. I do not want such book inflation in my count yet I do want to add the many lovely picture books like Hoot Owl: Master of Disguise to my shelf.
That leaves me with two options. I can wait until I have met my reading challenge with my regular adult sized books then fill it up with the many picture books I've read. Or I can try to find a way to add the picture books without having them appear on the count.
The option that won't get used is to stop looking through the many gems found on the picture book shelves.
Have you looked at the picture book shelves in your public library lately? These mistakenly maligned books are well written on a wide variety of topics, well illustrated and lots of fun to read.
I regularly browse through a few when I visit the library. Pete the Cat is a favorite series. There is one about the bear Winnie the Pooh is based on. Another one I found was on writing Arabic, not a primer but a description of the alphabet and how writing it is to make a thing of beauty.
Yes, my picture book shelf is almost bare. This is due to a dilemma. The reading challenge counts every book I read regardless of length. The average picture book is 32 pages so the number of books adds up fast. I do not want such book inflation in my count yet I do want to add the many lovely picture books like Hoot Owl: Master of Disguise to my shelf.
That leaves me with two options. I can wait until I have met my reading challenge with my regular adult sized books then fill it up with the many picture books I've read. Or I can try to find a way to add the picture books without having them appear on the count.
The option that won't get used is to stop looking through the many gems found on the picture book shelves.
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