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Unidentified presenter offers simple tips for choosing children’s books
Summary
A short recorded segment advised checking covers and inside flaps, using pictures to identify setting, asking friends or librarians, and looking for prize stickers when selecting children’s books.
Speaker 1, an unidentified presenter, offered brief guidance on selecting children’s books, advising readers to check the cover, the back of the book and the inside flaps and to look for pictures and prize stickers.
The presenter said checking the book’s exterior and inside flaps is “a great way to learn the book,” and recommended asking children what they think the setting is and who the characters might be. The speaker suggested people “do a little predicting” by reading a few pages and asking friends for recommendations. The presenter also said, "Ask a librarian," and noted that prize-winning books often have gold or silver stickers that can help people choose.
Beyond picking a book by its cover, the presenter described interactive ways adults and children can approach a new book: use large front-and-back pictures to discuss setting, invite children to describe characters, read the story together or let the child tell it back, and pay attention to awards or medals on the cover as one indicator of quality.
