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While every child is different, here is what preschoolers do with books and what to expect when you are sharing a story:

At 3 and 4 years, your child:

• handles books and paper pages with ease.
• understands that the words on the page mean something.
• begins to recognize letters.
• enjoys longer stories with characters and plot.
• likes discussing books.

At 5 years, your child:

• sounds like she is reading when she pretends to read.
• begins to recognize a few words.
• understands that print is read from left to right and top to bottom.
• begins to recognize rhyming words and beginning letter sounds.
• can retell simple stories.

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Illustrations from WILD ABOUT BOOKS by Judy Sierra and illustrated by Marc Brown, Copyright © 2004 by Judy Sierra, illustrations copyright © 2004 by Marc Brown. Reproduced by permission of Random House Children's Books, a division of Random House, Inc.