There are several key ways that quality children’s literature benefits your child: it teaches mature vocabulary,brings history to life, and stimulates and expands your child’s imagination.

Gaining New Vocabulary

Children who read classic literature develop their abilities to absorb mature vocabulary and to learn subtle differences in synonyms, a skill that is not easily taught from a memorized vocabulary list or SAT preparatory course. Classic children’s literature contains a wealth of good words and enables children to experience words in profound and complex ways and within a multitude of contexts.

Introducing children and young adults to mature vocabulary from a young age is the only real way to teach SAT vocabulary, not by late catch-up memorization of mass produced word lists, but through a child’s inundation in a beloved work of art. And not only does quality children’s literature help develop your child’s vocabulary, but historical literature is also the best way to bring history to life.

Bringing History to Life

Nothing brings history to life better than reading quality children’s literature about what life was like during a particular time period. Although the facts learned in textbooks are very important, your child more easily grasps a true understanding of the life and hardships of a time period through a historical character’s dilemmas,thoughts and feelings.

Children tend to easily forget facts and details learned strictly from textbooks, while they are apt to remember an engaging story and history learned through immersion in literature. An understanding of history is an important part of your child’s education and the use of historical children’s literature in addition to textbook learning is essential.

Developing a Child’s Imagination

Quality children’s literature not only develops vocabulary and an understanding of history,it encourages a child’s imagination. Some of the best examples are the books that both you and your child find engaging — a story that appeals to a deeper, universal aspect of imagination and human nature. Quality children’s literature is a great way to spark creative thinking.

The very first comic book was born in the United States and is often said to have been officially launched by ‘Famous Funnies’ in 1934. What followed was mass production of a wide assortment of comic books that eventually led comic book historians to categorize them according to their birthday. They are either part of the Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age, or Modern Age. Today, comic books are still very popular and their acclamation is due, in great part, to the talented artists who create them. The amazing imagery found in the pages of a book triggers the reader’s imagination, where fantasy worlds exist.

Much detail is required to create a good comic book that will attract readers, before any of the characters or imagery can be drawn, the artist must put his or her head together with the writer. The first thing on the agenda is to discuss and develop a story line that will captivate readers. Next, characters are created, situations are devised, and scenery is established, so on, so forth. The writer’s script must be meticulously followed by the artist in order to please everyone involved. At the stage of development, all the necessary elements, such as narrative, sound effects, and dialogue balloons, are included in a different shade from the main illustrations so that they are distinguishable.

when the finished pencil art work is presented to the editor, it may be required that the artist make changes to the drawings to further ensure that the imagery matches the script. After the editor’s final approval, the drawings are enlarged and sent to the inker, whose role is vital to comic book art. The inker is responsible for introducing shadows, adding special effects, separating the foreground from the background, and carrying out several other tricky tasks. The final result will show the sound effects, dialogue, and narrative boxes. When the inker’s work is done, the copy of the comic book is sent to the colorist whose job is to find the perfect shade of every color for every character, as well as every detail, in the comic book’s imagery. A computer is used in order to save all the color data on file for future comic books of the same series. A proof copy of the finished product is printed and forwarded for final review.

Following approval, the comic book is sent to print. The pages are placed in the correct order, printed, cut, piled, folded, and stapled. Millions of copies can then be shipped out to stores all over the world! A significant number of characters have jumped from the page to the big screen. Many films portraying comic book characters have been incredibly successful at the box office, but it is important to acknowledge the comic book artists who originally created these memorable characters. Without them, the super heroes that people have grown to love would never have existed.