Just because children can read doesn’t mean they don’t want pictures in their books any more. The Book Doctor seeks out books with illustrations for newly fluent readers
My eight-year-old has been turned off reading by the lack of pictures in the books that he is now given. He grew up on beautiful picture books and he would like to return to books like that. What can he read?
The lack of pictures in chapter books for newly fluent readers is an issue that comes up frequently. Too much text with nothing to help the reader get into it the story can make an eager independent reader feel daunted. While they are initially pleased to have graduated to chapter books they soon pine for the wonderful illustrations which they enjoyed in earlier stages of learning to read.
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