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Description: This article focuses on bringing children and books together. It gives many strategies in which teachers are able to incorporate books in the classroom. The article as gives strategies that teacher can use in order to find a book that will be beneficial to their children. For example, since all children have different interests and backgrounds, it is important to use that knowledge to chose a book to read in the classroom. At the end of the article, it has a chart that shows how books can be put into children's hands and their homes. For example, since paperback books as less expensive, allowing children to take them home is a better than allowing them to bring home expensive hard cover books (Jalongo, 2004, pg. 61). With this

In the book "Child Development", Berk (2013) states that teachers are to "Engage [children] in interactive book reading" (Berk, 2013, pg. 309). Ways in which teachers can engage children is through asking open-ended questions, discussing the meaning of words, and reviewing the story content (Berk, 2013, pg. 309). I connected this to the article due to the information that it gives on questioning the children. For example, the articles states, "Encourage children to think about how they know something or how they managed to figure it out (e.g., “Did that ending surprise you?” “What clues did you have about how the story would end? Can you go back and point out the hints the author gave?”)" (Jalongo, 2004, pg. 60). By including the different strategies from both texts, teachers are able to promote language development and understanding of literacy in the

Strategies such as reading a book to them or even allowing time for them to ask questions are great ways to introduce literacy to children. I also thought it was very interesting how the author created a chart with how teachers are able to put books in the homes of the children they teach. Instead of telling the teachers how to do it, she instead helps them understand how lending books may be like. For example, she states that "Book loss. If a book is never returned despite efforts to get it back, take the attitude that losing a few books is unavoidable, and hope that the book is being loved and used" (Jalongo , 2004, pg. 61). I enjoy that this is a down to earth statement that teachers are able to learn from while they are teaching. Instead of becoming upset, think about the positives of the situation. I want to take everything I have learned from this article and be able to use the knowledge I have gained in my future classroom. I want to make sure that I am taking time to review the book, that the book fits into the curriculum, and that the children will enjoy it. I believe that it is very important for the children to be interested in the book because if they are not, they will not be engaged or learn anything. By getting children interested in books, they will be more apt to read outside the