Children are attracted to brightly colored illustrations. The most popular books for children in the K- Gr. 2 age range usually involve a rhythmic text that can be easily memorized, repeated and chanted. Like adults, children enjoy a good story with interesting characters, new, exciting vocabulary, and a happy ending. The illustrations are wonderfully bright, busy and clever.
Every page has at least one unfamiliar vocabulary word that is used cleverly in a rhyming pattern.
An important consideration for parents of primary age children is the introduction of novel reading to their children. A child's desire to read independently grows out of having been read to by someone else. Novel reading is an excellent strategy to encourage reluctant Grade 2 readers. When children hear stories it increases their appetites to read that book or others like it for themselves. For younger children, novel reading is a marvellous opportunity to introduce wonderful stories that may in time become a treasured part of family history.