This is the book I'm currently reading with the kids.
We enjoy Jean Little's novels - I think this is the second or third one of hers we've read this year. Today when we were reading it, I turned the book around to show the kids the picture on the page we were reading. All I heard was "NO!!!!" which shocked me. I thought kids liked seeing pictures in books?? When I asked what the problem was, they explained to me that they had the story imagined in their heads and they picture the characters in a certain way. When novels have pictures in them, it totally ruins the pictures they've already created in their heads. Hmmmm . . . that makes so much sense. I'm so thankful God created us with imaginations and the ability to use them in our everyday work and play. And now I know not to interfere with these imaginations when we're doing our read alouds!
5 comments:
Oh how I love Jean Little! I'd completely forgotten about her novels! Will need to put them on my radar for a few years from now.
Your kids are so right! I love their imaginations!
I just imagine them different then the pictures in the book...
~Victoria
I find it disappointing when you see a movie after reading a book because usually you already have a picture in your mind and the movie messes it up too!
R loves to read Jean Little too. She did a project on her a year or two ago and read a bunch more of her books then too.
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Me too!
I imagine them different than the pictures in the book.
I really don't like seeing a movie before a book (ie. The Help) because then I can't use my imagination for the characters!! I'm with your kids, and I love that they don't want to see the pictures!
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