reading time – 5 min
How do we inspire our children to love reading?
Reading is traveling, learning, feeling moved… A beautiful book is like a treasure to savor. Yes, but you still have to enjoy reading! Our belief is that this desire is nurtured from a very young age, by putting well-chosen books in our children's path. That's what led us to offer a selection of books that are both useful and inspiring.
Reading from the cradle — what's the point?
Reading is not just a miracle recipe for calming our overexcited little ones at bedtime. It is full of benefits: enriched vocabulary, enhanced comprehension, expression and imagination. Numerous studies prove it. With well-chosen books, reading also helps put words to worries or pass on values. A (very) jealous big brother, repeated tantrums, loss of self-confidence: these are all situations that can be soothed through books, which, by drawing on imagination and perspective, help our children grow.
Giving them a love of reading also means nurturing their inner life. In our era where everything moves so fast, where digital media gradually eats away at our moments of pause, where images reign supreme, our children need grounding — to settle, rest, dream, imagine… Books provide that essential space. And why from the youngest age? Because a child who reads early will read for life!
To spark the desire, choose the right books
Push open the door of any bookshop or library and you'll find the choice of children's books is overwhelming today! Between the garish colors, the albums with simplistic vocabulary and overly realistic stories, it's not always easy to find books that combine beautiful words and lovely illustrations.
At Petit Picotin, we offer you a selection of around thirty books for ages 0 to 8, tested and approved by our team of young parents. We chose them for the messages they carry (managing emotions, passing on values…), for the richness of their vocabulary and for their ambitious artistic worlds.
Our book selection
"My little sister is really tiny but sometimes she takes up a lot of space, even a little of mine." Archibald is skeptical about his little sister's arrival, even jealous! As the pages turn, he realizes how lucky he is to have a little sister: he can teach her to fly through the air, to play soccer. His love for her grows, and Archibald finds his place in this new role: "what I like best about my little sister is being her big brother."
Do you want to be my friend?
Little Brown Hare wants to play but Big Brown Hare is too busy. He leaps off in search of a playground. At the top of the Mountain-that-touches-the-clouds, a surprise awaits him! A little white doe stares him straight in the eyes: "Do you want to be my friend?" A wonderful way to discover that beyond family bonds, a child also grows through friendships.
What I truly love
In this story, Archibald feels very small because he lost at tennis. Yet he trains a lot, but with no results, he thinks. He even confides to his mom that he is "really not talented." Archibald comes to understand that everyone is talented at something — you just have to discover it, and that is exactly what he is going to do! A lovely way to remind children that you can't be good at everything, and that everyone moves at their own pace. By trying, searching and daring, you always end up finding what makes you shine.
Emotions
Divided into six broad categories: joy, anger, disgust, sadness, surprise and fear, the rainbow of emotions is reviewed… On each page, each one is named and illustrated with a scenario that helps to visualize and kindly explain the emotional storms children can go through. A wonderful way to help little ones put words to what they feel and understand that all emotions have their place.
Things your little ones say
"It's the end of the artichokes."
– Marius, 5 years old
"Ouch! I bit my teeth."
– Camille, 3 years old
"I hear the wolf, the fox and the omelette!"
– Victor, 3 years old
AUTHOR
Hello, moi c’est Capucine ! J’espère que cet article vous a plu. Passionnée par la rédaction et spécialisée dans les contenus autour de la petite enfance, je fais partie de l’équipe éditoriale de Petit Picotin. Au fil du blog, j’explore les questions du quotidien des familles pour vous partager conseils, idées et inspirations, en m’appuyant sur des recherches, des sources spécialisées et l’expertise de notre équipe.
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