BRINGING READERS BACK FOR MORE

I’ve been watching my nieces learning to read. They study the pictures. They beg for more, and readily cuddle up while we read together. I remember my then three-year-old son memorizing his favorite books and pretending to read. (Of course, we thought him a genius!) So how can you create great picture books with the identifying characteristics that will magnetize your readers and draw them to your work again and again?