#196: Drawing in Young Readers
For many of us, our very first book wasn\u2019t one that we read ourselves\u2014it was one read to us, the pages pawed by grubby hands eager to flip back to a favorite illustration. The very best children\u2019s books combine a good story\u2014however simple\u2014with enchanting illustrations that can spark a love for reading, writing, art\u2014or all three. Elizabeth Lilly, the author-illustrator of a new book for children called Let Me Fix You a Plate, joins us on the podcast to talk about the process of inviting the littlest readers into a new world.
Go beyond the episode:
- Elizabeth Lilly\u2019s Let Me Fix You a Plate: A Tale of Two Kitchens and Geraldine
- Read Scholar assistant editor Jayne Ross\u2019s list of \u201c10 Classic Books for Cooped-Up Kids\u201d and her ode to the late Beverly Cleary
- The science of how children learn to read, from linguist and Scholar contributing editor Jessica Love
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