why is it important for children to read "good" books? Identify three linguistic features of a good storybook.
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I read somewhere that children lately, even if they have parents who read to them regularly (every day or very nearly), have a hard time learning to read. The article I read specifically mentioned movie stories (like the book version of a disney film) as examples of "bad" books. The idea as I recall is that the ideas may have been suitable for children--and they were probably familiar with the story anyway from having seen the movie--but the words themselves, and perhaps the sentence structure, went way over their heads.\nSo for linguistic features of a good storybook, I'd say rhythm, rhyme, and easy words.
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it actually depends on the age or grade of the child. Each grade or age group have a most popular kids book.
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word recognition, reading comprehension, and reading fluency.\n\nword recognition- if a student doesn't recognize a word, they tend to disjoint and separate the text trying to figure out the individual words rather than entire chunks of text.\n\nreading comprehension- Even if a child can read at a fluent rate, they are still considered an inefficient reader if they cannot understand or recall the details of the story they read.\n\nreading fluency- a fluent reader reads quickly and with appropriate phrasing and expression and are able to work with larger units of text. They can also help listeners understand their message. Non-fluent readers read slowly, in a word-by-word fashion that makes it difficult for them or others to understand the intended message.
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Because they...\n\n - Are entertaining\n - Are classics\n - Are still relevant to today's relationships and situations.\n - Employ fascinating use of language, if you look into them a bit further.\n - Have rich, deep characters.
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Well, they definitely are NOT things of the past!  There are more books published, and more book stores, than ever before.  It's just that now we have so many options for communication, and books are one form.\n\nThe main reason books are important, especially in comparison to other media, is that they are enduring.  We can cross time barriers with a book.  It takes only a little study and explanation to read something written 500 years ago; even less for somewhat newer literature.  And there are so very many points of view, so much knowledge, so much creativity available in books.  You can ask someone else for a recommendation, or you can look up reviews in various places, or you can just go to the bookstore and browse.  But there's really no comparison with any other medium.\n\nWhy do you think parents have been so crazy about the Harry Potter series?  It got kids reading who otherwise might never have taken an interest.  It was the first thing a whole generation of kids had that was worth reading even though it was not assigned in school!  \n\nBooks are also the preservers of our language.  Mass media such as TV and movies certainly are not; they are rather the corrupters of language.  But good writing will always be good writing.  \n\nAnd you can read good writing today if you want, even if no one is offering it in your school, just by going to the library or book store.  Don't neglect the second-hand bookstores, or even thrift stores with a book rack or two.  You can get a whole world of excellent reading for a fraction of the current cover prices.  Our local Mountain Thrift charges 50 cents for paperbacks and 75 cents for hardbacks!\n\nIn the speech, don't forget to recommend some specific titles and authors that you personally like.  There's nothing like having someone you know, someone who is your contemporary, recommend a book to you.  Worth twenty reviews written by stuffed shirts in a New York magazine or newspaper!
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Decide what your story is going to be about.  Choose a topic about which you know something.  Quite often, an event in your own life as c child can be used as the core basis of your story.  \n\nHow old will your readers be?  This will determine how large your vocabulary is. (If they are very young, important words should be repeated in the telling of your story.)\n\nChoose your characters.  Often one stands for good, and the other one creates problems.  \n\nWhat is the must exciting secion of your story?  Choose a clever title.  You must have colorful pictures. \n\nPicture yourself climbing a mountain.  Imagine what happens as you climb up the mountain.  When you get to the top of the mountain, you are at the most exciting point.  What do you see and feel as you come down the mountain?  Your last paragraph should sum up the story and give the reader "good all over feelin".   You write your story with your points or examples in the story in the same order as if you were climbing the mountain.
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its an award for authors of childrens books
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Reading in early childhood actually enhance our cognitive developments.  Also, we learn more vocabularies and sounds of words.  In adulthood, it's really to expand our writing styles and capabilities.
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Read! Read! Read!\n\nNovels, Short stories, Kids books.\n\nRetell some stories in your own words.\n\nImprovise on the stories you have read.\n\nThis is the start.
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what about words in the book?
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Reading aloud allows children to increase their vocabulary.  The words they hear become a part of their memory and this helps them when they encounter the word on their own in print.  In addition, reading aloud allows children to hear a model of proficient reading.  They hear how words are pronounced, sentence fluency (the way words flow together), and they can begin to appreciate the beauty of the spoken word.  This translates into their own desire to read like the person modeling the read aloud.  Good read alouds are books that are a little too difficult for the child to read on his or her own.
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you need a story idea, and characters and then for kids you need to have some kind of moral (not heavy) in there.\n\nhow about a story about a panda who has lost his shoes?\n\nWriting classes can teach you the technicalities of structure, pace and so on, but the real main part - the heart - needs to come from your heart. They can't teach you that.
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Do your own homework...\n\nbut direct characterization is where the author comes out right and says characteristics.  So look for descriptions and introductions of characters in the book.
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How about using some great art-related picture books, like the Last Resort, by J. Patrick Lewis, or Action Jackson, by Jan Greenberg?  What exactly do you mean by teaching reading, anyhow?
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It's something that catches the attention of the reader and makes them long to continue reading.  Give a story about a sea lion saving a life or some fact that makes you say "Wow..." that will make your reader say "Wow" as well.  \n\n"Many years ago..." is a good way to start.
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a) Organize a treasure hunt with clues relating to famous book characters. Maybe Secret Seven or whatever kids today read. \n\nb) Book - reading helps. Enacting a book helps even more. Like a mon-acting or action song kind of book reading. \n\nc) Stars or some recognition for kids who read a lot. Get them into a book reading club and stars to be given once a quarter.
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Used in several stories.  See if this is the right one.\n\n2nd one is the book: