LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 11 : 12 December 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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What Do Children Look Forward to in a Picture Book? A survey in a kindergarten, in Selangor, Malaysia

Mahendran Maniam, Ph.D.

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Picture books are books for children that come with pictures in almost all the pages. Pictures play an utmost important role in explaining the story. Almost 50% of the story is told by the illustration. There are even picture books that come without any text, known as Wordless Picture Books. Picture books are typically the first books that children are exposed to. The books are either intended to be read aloud to children or for children to read themselves with guidance. With that in mind, the purpose of this research is to answer the following Research Questions:

What do children really look forward to in a Picture Book? Which element in the book really attracts them? The research results indicated the key factors that children look forward to in the selection of a picture book are; namely colour, cover page design, title of the book, font size of the text, illustration, characters in the story and easy to read and understand text.

Reading a book is a unique opportunity to see the world from another person's perspective. When children read books, whether it is a fantastical story about an object come to life or a very real article about animals, they become a part of that world and see life, through the eyes of the author. Children are uniquely able to accept and invest in the reality created in what they are reading.

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Picture books are books for children that come with picture in almost all the pages. Pictures play an utmost important role in explaining the story. Almost 50% of the story is told by the illustration. There are even picture books that come without any text, known as Wordless Picture Books.

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Mahendran Maniam, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer
Sultan Idris Education University
35900 Tanjong Malim
Perak
Malaysia
mahendran.maniam@yahoo.com
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