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Poor Puppy, by Nick Bruel
Quick as a Cricket, by Audrey Wood
The Gobble Gobble Moooooo Tractor Book, by Jez
Alborough

The Runaway Piggy / El Cochinito Fugitivo, by James
Luna
Siesta, by Ginger Foglesong Guy
Ten Little Puppies / Diez Perritos, by Rosalma
Zubizarreta
What Can You Do with a Paleta?/ Que Puedes Hacer
con una Paleta?, by Carmen Tafolla

Appendix 2: How to Encourage Vocabulary Using Dialogic Reading
Prompts

Example

1. When sharing a book with a child, begin with simple
Who, What, Where questions that can be asked
throughout the story (Where is, What is, Who is?).

Where is the little dog?
What is the little girl doing?
Who is on the bridge?
Where is the little dog?

2. Expand on the child‘s answer encouraging the use of
adjectives, prepositions, and synonyms.

In the big red car
By the little green ball
Under the small wooden table
Next to the little girl

3. Ask questions that are related to the illustrations.
4. Increase the number of questions asked as the story
continues.
5. Increase the complexity of questions being asked as the
child‘s language skills improve.

References
Arnold, D. S. & Whitehurst, G. J. (1994).
Accelerating language development through
picture book reading. In D. Dickinson (Ed.),
Bridges to literacy: Approaches to supporting child
and family literacy (pp. 103-128). Cambridge,
MA: Basil Blackwell.

Bus, A. G., van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Pellegrini, A.
D. (1995). Joint book reading makes for
success in learning to read: A meta-analysis on
intergenerational transmission of literacy.
Review of Educational Research, 65, 1–21.
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