A well-stocked picturebook library can prepare the early years practitioner for responding to almost any situation. A reading corner with diverse texts is the perfect cross-curricular learning environment, as picturebooks can start or extend learning and conversations pertaining to every topic imaginable.
It is important for practitioners to have a good working knowledge of the texts they make available for the children in their setting – so they can offer resources that support the specific themes and areas of learning for which they are planning, and to spark interests and new directions for exploration in their young learners themselves.
I hope to have shown over this series the richness and diversity of picturebooks – both classic and cutting-edge – and some of their specific subject-based uses, as well as how they help young learners of all ages – from the very youngest to those moving up to Key Stage 1 – to flourish developmentally, emotionally and intellectually.
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