Picture Book Month!
An International Literacy Initiative
November is Picture Book Month!
The 5th Annual LS Picture Book Challenge!
In 2016, the LS read a total of 9,537 picture books because our entire community read picture books together. We are trying to get really close to that total or even beat it this year, and we need everyone's help!
Here's how the challenge works:
Read as many picture books as you can by the December 4 deadline.
Write down each picture book title on the tracking chart (the file is attached). If you don't have a tracking chart, a regular piece of paper works too!
Picture books that are read with multiple family members or with friends can be counted on each participating student's chart.
- Siblings read a picture book together = each sibling records the title on their sheet.
- Friends read a picture book together = each friend records the title on their sheet.
- Parents/aunts/uncles/grandparents that read a picture book to their children =
each child records the book on their sheet.
(See the information listed below about different picture book formats)
Picture books can be from the LS Library, the public library, your home library.
When a chart is filled up, return it to the LS Library, get a new one, and keep going!
Student charts also serve as tickets in our Radical Reading Raffle for November.
The 2017 LS Picture Book Challenge is ON!
What awesome picture books will YOU read?
10 Things To Know About Picture Books
- Picture books are for all ages which is why we call them EVERYBODY books!
- Picture books are usually 32-pages long, some are longer, some are shorter.
- Picture books are written at various reading levels, for a wide range of readers.
- Picture books can be about anything.
- Picture books come in different formats including: traditional storybooks, wordless books, narrative nonfiction, and biography picture books.
- Picture books can have complex or simple storylines.
- Picture books are not "easy books" or "baby books."
- Picture books use illustrations to help tell the story or share information.
- Picture books should be a shared reading experience for children and adults.
- Picture books are FUN FOR EVERYONE!
Types of Picture Books
Storybooks
Storybooks are:
Fiction stories that are made up by the author
Pictures and words are used together to tell the story
Wordless Picture Books
Wordless picture books:
About 32-pages in length - some longer, some shorter
Illustrations carry the story with little or no text
Lead the reader to create the story themselves
Nonfiction & Biography Picture Books
Nonfiction and Biography picture books:
Share true facts or biographical information in story format
Illustrations work with the text to introduce subjects
The TVS Lower School Library
Welcome to The Kingdom of Books!
Where Reading Rules and Readers Reign!
Kirsten Murphy, LS Head Librarian
Karen Hebert, LS Assistant Librarian
Email: murphyk@trinityvalleyschool.org
Website: www.tvslibrary.com
Phone: 817-321-0100
Twitter: @thequest4books