Deborah Halverson

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Picture Books Are for Kids of All Ages

October 17, 2016

14657425_10211334278498731_4252395109698701894_nSomeone recently asked me if older kids really do still read picture books. Yes, they really do, and I have photographic proof. Tonight’s selection is inspired by current events (Kathleen Krull’s Hillary Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight), but just as often my 11.5-yr-olds just see a book in a nearby basket and can’t resist. Leave picture books strewn around the house and people of any age will pick them up and read them. They are irresistible.

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