![]() ![]() It is early in the day and Penny is pushing her baby doll named Rose in the stroller. This delightful book is entitled "Penny and Her Marble." Kevin Henkes has written a lovely set of early chapter books with a mouse named Penny as the central character. So the challenge for teachers, parents and librarians is to find interesting chapter books that expand the children’s interests, while not being too difficult to read. The best picture books are actually quite complicated, but these aspiring readers see them increasingly as books for "little kids." It is always important to assist early readers so that they feel "grown-up" and beyond the supposed simplicity of picture books. One of the difficulties many children have is that they are still learning basic reading skills, such as decoding letters and words, and so they struggle with reading text. ![]() When young children come to the library at the beginning of 2nd grade, they will frequently ask for "chapter books." This means that they are beginning to be able to read and would like something more challenging than a picture book. ![]()
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