This January 2025, join Contra Costa County Library in celebrating Picture Book Month with our theme: Bundle Up With Picture Books.
Visit any branch to enjoy activities including a cozy seek and find, hot cocoa craft, and a book bundle checkout challenge! Log in or create a Beanstack account with Contra Costa County Library to earn badges for reading together and completing activities at your local library branch.
Picture books help to build young readers one glossy page at a time. A good picture book is a work of art combining just the right illustrations with just the right words and placing them all together for an enjoyable reading experience.
There is nothing simple about the benefits of reading picture books with young (and not so young) children. Picture books cultivate an appreciation for art while strengthening a child's visual skills. Before a child can read the words, they learn to read the pictures to understand the story. They help children learn about the structure of a story while building vocabulary and comprehension. Through simple and familiar stories or very complex and serious stories, children are invited to explore the big world around them.
The most important aspect of picture books is how they are shared. They are meant to be a collective experience between a child, or a group of children, and a trusted adult. Reading books together builds a bond that is very special and unique. We encourage you to Bundle Up With Picture Books this month, and every month.
If you need any help finding great titles, check out our Bundle Up Booklists. Place your holds and pick them up at your local library today:
Bundle Up – Snowy Stories About Animals in Winter
Bundle Up – Wonderful Winter Weather
What new treasures will you discover during Picture Book Month? We'd love to hear about your favorites!
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