Editing Picture book (section)

== Pedagogy ==
Picture books can serve as important learning tools for young children.<ref name="Jalongo">Jalongo, M. R. (2004). ''Young Children and Picture Books'' (2nd ed.). National Association for the Education of Young Children.</ref> They are often used both in the classroom and at home to help children develop language and creativity skills.<ref name="Jalongo" /> A psychology study showed that wordless picture books have been shown to improve children's storytelling skills and boost their engagement in books.<ref>Zevenbergen, A. A., Angell, A. L., Battaglia, N. A., & Kaicher, C. M. (2021). Co-Constructing Stories: Sharing Wordless Picture Books with Preschoolers. Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children, 19(4), 22-26.</ref> Additionally, children's picture books can help children tackle philosophical questions and life concepts.<ref name="Zelinsky">Zelinsky, P. O. (2021). New Picture Books Pose Two of Life's Biggest Questions: Picture Books.</ref> For example, Mac Barnett and Carson Ellis' picture book What is Love? serves not only as entertainment for children, but as an introduction to important life questions about love and empathy.<ref name="Zelinsky" /> A study in Australia found that reading postmodern picture books led to better text analysis skills for students.<ref>Small, N., & Callow, J. (2021). Using postmodern picture books to support upper primary students' text analyst skills. Australian Journal of Language & Literacy, 44(3), 6-21.</ref> Picture books can also improve young children's descriptive vocabulary and reading and drawing behaviors at home.<ref name="Hsiao">Hsiao, C. (2010). Enhancing Children's Artistic and Creative Thinking and Drawing Performance through Appreciating Picture Books. ''International Journal of Art & Design Education'', 29(2), 143-152.</ref> The art element of picture books aids with creativity development and engagement with books.<ref name="Hsiao" /> Not only can picture books help children develop literacy and creative skills, but they can also help children develop logical thinking and mathematical skills.<ref name="Natthapoj">Natthapoj, V. T. (2019). How picture books help maths teaching: Using maths story picture books. The Times Educational Supplement.</ref> Math-based stories can help children conceptualize mathematical concepts and develop language skills to discuss math.<ref name="Natthapoj" />