Developing Children's Critical Thinking through Picturebooks

"Developing Children's Critical Thinking through Picturebooks" is a valuable guide for teachers and students on how to foster critical thinking in children using picturebooks. Mary Roche uses carefully chosen picturebooks as a stimulus for discussion, allowing time to digest both the text and the pictures, and engage in classroom discussion. This approach develops children's oral language ability, critical thinking, and visual literacy, while also acting as a rich resource for developing literary understanding. The book provides an overview of international research on interactive read-alouds, critical literacy, critical thinking, and picturebooks, with examples from real classroom practice. Perfect for teachers, students, and anyone interested in promoting critical engagement and dialogue about literature.