Purchase at How to Read a Story Amazon - B&N- Book Depository- Chronicle Books. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA. Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Mark Siegel. Once you have read a picture book-following the steps-there is one-step left: How to Read a Story looks fantastic and its text is important for all to learn. Each of the ten important steps helps teach the wonderment of reading to young children.
“Will the dragon eat them all for lunch?”ĭuring Step 2, everyone-except the dog-had better things to do than read to the young boy by the end of his reading aloud, they are all interested in the end. Stiegel illustrates each possibility in a talk-bubble. Young kids-and parents-will love the young boy and his reading partner curling up in a soft over-stuffed chair reading and listening, until step 8, when they take a break to predict what might happen next in The Princess, the Dragon, and the Robot. The ink and watercolor illustrations are cute and really add to the instructions as they draw you into How to Read a Story. The author uses different fonts to emphasize these changing voices. One important point: talking like the characters, whether a powerful mouse or a hungry knight, using character voices will increase a reader and listener’s enjoyment of the story. From the cover on, How to Read a Story is a perfect primer on reading a picture book-the start of a love of reading. Step 5 is the most exciting step as you finally crack the cover, turn to page 1, and begin reading. Step 4 says to look at the cover and try to decipher what the story will be about. I love little details that ask the reader to pay close attention. If you look closely, you will see the dog is laying on what will become the final choice: The Princess, the Dragon, and the Robot. A young boy sits among dozens of books trying to find the perfect one. How to Read a Story playfully and movingly illustrates the idea that the reader who discovers the love of reading finds, at the end, the beginning.” Įarly readers will love this short primer on how to read a picture book. “Kate Messner and Mark Siegel brilliantly chronicle the process of becoming a reader, from choosing a book and finding someone with whom to share it to guessing what will happen and-finally-coming to The End.
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