My answer is: reading picture books is not essential, but if time and energy allow, it will definitely benefit children to read more picture books.

As a mother who has read picture books for five years, it seems to me that the help of picture book reading for children is mainly reflected in the following aspects:

Then answer the second question: how to choose a picture book? Suggest the following types of picture books:

1, beautiful picture, a picture book worth reading again.

The complete collection of 14 mice (total 12 volume) contains 14 mice. This 14 mouse is a family. They are very United and friendly. They enjoy the moon together, go for a spring outing, move, wash clothes, dig yam, plant pumpkins and so on. Every mouse's movements, demeanor and expression are different, which deserves careful observation. Every time Xiao Yi (my son's nickname) picks up one of them, he has to read it for a long time.

My100th floor house series (all four volumes) includes100th floor house,100th floor underground house,100th floor underwater house and100th floor sky house, which is also great!

2, the brain is wide open, enriching the child's imagination.

Japanese writer Yuko Suzuki's My Magic Toilet, My Magic Bathtub and My Dream Quilt are called Dream Trilogy. In my opinion, they are a series of works that make people open their minds. The toilets, bathtubs and quilts we see every day are the same, but in these three books, they become various, including guitar toilets, slide toilets, trampoline toilets, rotating toilets, 50-meter running toilets, roller coaster toilets and so on. And every book has an unexpected adventure story. These three books are also primary one's favorite things, and the key is to never get tired of reading them.

Suzuki's "poof! Swing "and" whew! Slide show is also very good, the brain hole is big, the number of words is small, and the words are quite large, which is very suitable for children to read while watching. I read it too many times in the first grade, so I know all the words in it. If you have nothing to do, just watch it yourself and enjoy it!

3. Help children develop good character picture books.

"Peter Cat" series helps children aged 3-6 to develop good character. I like listening to me read Peter Cat, I can't finish reading it, Peter Cat, I love my dirty shoes and Peter Cat, my invincible big button to him again and again in my first grade.

In Peter Cat, I Love My Dirty Shoes, Peter Cat's white shoes stepped on something strange and turned red, blue, brown and so on. But did Peter cat cry? No, he didn't cry! I've heard a lot. When I am in trouble, I will say, "Pete's cat doesn't cry, and I don't cry!" " "

In Peter's Cat, I can't finish it, Peter was so hungry that he made a luxurious sandwich, which was too big to finish! what should he do ？ Sharing a room with a good friend, of course. Peter said, "It's good to share!" Because Xiao Yi likes Peter's cat very much, when he was very protective of food for a while, I said to him, "Peter's cat said: It's good to share!" "The effect is much better than my preaching.

4. Picture books of knowledge science.

For example, three-dimensional flip book ship, car, ocean pop-up book, train pop-up book and so on. For example, there are 100 moving parts, 12 scenes, 120 knowledge points, and a variety of organ games, so that children can learn knowledge while playing. When children choose children's books, picture books of popular science knowledge are also essential.

DK children's encyclopedia-those important things are also a book worth reading again.

Read the series of Revealing the Ocean, Revealing the Garbage and Revealing the Garbage, which are all quite good popular science books.

5. A picture book bearing love and friendship and worth reading repeatedly.

Some picture books are full of love and friendship. I like to guess how much I love you until the first grade of primary school. I will hold him in my arms every time I finish reading it. After reading it, he will hug me coquetry and say to me, "I love you, from here to the moon, and then from the moon back here!" " "

Of course, the picture books of "Little Bear and Best Dad" series are all given to the first grade by the first grade father!

The story of the little mole is also one of the picture books that senior one likes to read recently. Little mole, squirrel, rabbit and hedgehog live together every day. The little mole found a new home. The little mole took off the moon, the best gift and the diamond in the snow. These stories are about friendship, curiosity and thinking about the world, and they contain love and energy in simplicity and beauty. And the pictures in the picture book are also very nice.

The series "Cute Little Mouse" is a set of books that Grade One likes very much. There are many friends, such as mice and mice, and the story is very interesting.

6. Classic stories

Disney series stories are both classic and interesting, and are worth reading again.

7. Interesting stories

100 Santa Claus and Santa Claus and Santa Claus are also two interesting picture book stories.

Ants and watermelons, running to town, crocodiles falling in love with giraffes, grumbling, dung beetles liking Yuanyuan, and forest photo studio are all very interesting stories.

How can I not eat my friends? This is an interesting name and a story about delayed gratification. The hungry little dinosaur always eats his friend in one bite when he is hungry, until he meets the little mouse Moro. Moreau taught him to wait patiently and make cakes. Finally, the little dinosaur learned to make his own cake and gained friendship. Now, the little dinosaur will never eat his friends again

8. Picture books that inspire children to think

"I dare not say, I am afraid of being scolded", "I will communicate" and "I am so worried" belong to the series of children bravely expressing themselves, writing their mental journey when they make mistakes or encounter difficulties from the perspective of children, and teaching them how to express themselves.

In the series Emma the Checked Elephant (a set of 23 volumes), the checked elephant is different from other elephants. Although other elephants are different in height and size, they are all gray, and only Emma is plaid. Each of these 23 books has a theme to let children know that it's no big deal to be different. Let children learn to accept their differences with others and embrace this colorful world. At the same time, let children learn how to deal with the challenges in life with wisdom and humor.