At other times he will just want to hear about the pictures and talk. A child also loves to be shown how to turn pages carefully, to pick up, hold, carry and put away a book. At this age the subjects in books should be based on reality because the child wants to learn about the real world. Animals that talk and wear clothes, and other fantasy, is important but at a later stage of development. There is nothing more extraordinary and interesting than our own daily life.
Fantasy can come later - after reality has been experienced and absorbed.
The acquisition of language begins in the womb before the child is born, and continues to be an important part of the child's experience in the first months and years. Hearing comes long before speaking, and the quality of spoken language is determined by the quality of the language listened to and absorbed during this time. AND ONLY in their language. But this is possible only in the first years of life. In Japan, a course was recently developed, consisting of playing English-language cassettes three times a day to infants from birth to the age of six months.