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Sarah Allen's avatar

Oh my gosh, reading this made me realize that these kinds of books were honestly my favorite as a kid. I think these kind of books help across the literacy spectrum. I had many other struggles and developmental issues as a kid, but reading wasn't one of them, and I don't ever remember not being able to read. In other words I was able to read to myself from pretty much when I can remember? And these Looking Books were still my favorite, because it made me feel grown up. These books opened huge horizons that regular storybooks didn't. I still keep a stack of these kind of books on the shelves under the TV. I've always just thought of them as "coffee table books" but this explains so much more about why they've felt so powerful to me.

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Rachel Ooi's avatar

This is such a great tip. For now my kids go to look at the books that I have read to them before. My youngest, just turned 3 would even "read to herself", words that she can remember or sometimes even in German although I've read to her in English. My son will also flip again and again his favorite storybooks. I never thought that a book that I've not read to them before would be interesting for them to look. I'll get some from the local library and try this out! Thank you!

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