Why do children need an illustrated book?

This post is about the importance of getting children in touch with illustrated books to help them understand the stories and the whole world.
Recent researches on French learning process concluded that students with higher scores were not those who read classic literature. This information, was spoken by Sophie van der Linden during the release of her new book called " Para ler o livro ilustrado", in São Paulo (Brazil), last year. In her opinion it is important to let children have access to a variety of reading style and also let them choose what they want to read because they capture the world through all these images. As they get older, they lose straight communication to the visual world as a result of poor stimulation for illustrated texts. One of the quality of illustrated books is the possibility for training the reader´s view  to understand all the artistic details they have on their hands.

The whole article is available at:
http://educarparacrescer.abril.com.br/leitura/crianca-precisa-livro-ilustrado-703684.shtml?utm_source=redes_educar&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=redes_educar

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