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The book also marked the beginning of the author's work on the "Best Ever" series. The original edition contains over 1,400 labelled pictures and the book sold over seven million copies in 12 years. [1] [2] The word book is designed to entertain children while teaching them words and numbers. It is divided into subjects on each pair of pages.
These books began as educational tools for young children to tell stories and can still be a useful format for pre-literature children. [1] [2] However, some more recent wordless picture books require the reader to be acquainted with conventions around reading books and can be a fun challenge for older readers. [1]
Picture books are aimed at young children. Many are written with vocabulary a child can understand but not necessarily read. For this reason, picture books tend to have two functions in the lives of children: they are first read to young children by adults, and then children read them themselves once they begin learning to read.
Amelia Bedelia is the first book in the popular Amelia Bedelia children's picture book series about a housekeeper who takes her instructions literally. [1] It was written by Peggy Parish, illustrated by Fritz Siebel, and published by Harper and Row in 1963. [2]
The book was listed as one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. [13] As of 2013, it ranked 21st on a Goodreads list of "Best Children's Books." [ 14 ] The book is praised by many parents and school teachers, many of whom requested a trade edition of the book from the publisher. [ 8 ]
Through pictures alone, the book tells the story of a lonely girl who uses a red crayon to escape from a mundane world into a magical adventure full of fun and exhilarating adventures. The girl travels on a magic carpet and boat, gets trapped by an evil tyrant, and must find a way to escape along with a purple bird.
The Rainbow Fish is a children's picture book drawn and written by Swiss author and illustrator, Marcus Pfister, and translated into English by J. Alison James.The book is best known for the distinctive shiny foil scales of the Rainbow Fish.
Corduroy is a 1968 children's book written and illustrated by Don Freeman, and published by The Viking Press. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children." [1] It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. [2]