(WHAT’S SO FUNNY ‘BOUT) PEACE, LOVE & UNDER STANDING

There is a simple test applied to children’s picture books that tell us if they are of a quality. Give a child with enough verbal ability any picture book, preferably one they have not seen or heard before, and ask them to tell you what it’s about. With just the pictures, a child should be able to cobble a tale from one page turn to the next. As the name implies, a good picture book should allow a child to understand its story with just pictures.

Children can read emotion in a face, they react to colors, associate colors like blue and green as safe, and