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Peer reviewedBraxton, Barbara – Teacher Librarian, 2004
In this article, the author stresses the importance of welcoming preschoolers and babies into school libraries. She states that when read to from birth, a baby becomes used to the cadences and rhythms of spoken language, at the same time responding to the bright pictures and the presence of a loving adult. The baby associates books and stories…
Descriptors: Syntax, Semantics, School Libraries, Oral Language
