hello my name is Kylie and welcome to reading a book I certainly know that you
know what these are books books are some of my favorite things did you know there
is a right and a wrong way to read a book let's see how to use a book the
right way so we can have fun and learn all that we can let's go
one of my favorite places to visit is a library
I hope you've gotten a chance to visit one it's filled with so many wonderful
books about anything that you can think of
do you like Tigers there are books about Tigers do you like reading about dragons
or unicorns there are even books about those too
some books have songs beautiful pictures some books are for learning and some
books are for fun and for relaxing but mostly all books are fun Before we jump
in and get reading all those amazing books we need to make sure that we know
how to properly read books are a lot like a best friend you need to treat
them right and respect them here's how first of all books shouldn't get wet or
dirty water and dirt are very bad for books water can wrinkle the pages and
ruin a book so it cannot be enjoyed by someone else dirt can make a book hard
to read and also get the next reader dirty yuck that is why it is important
to follow some rules when you are reading a book
never leave your book outside or where it can get dirty always put your book
away on a shelf or in a clean dry place like a book bag or a sack if you are not
sure of where to put a book for safekeeping
ask an adult never let your pets play with your books dogs and kitties are fun
to read aloud to but if you leave them to play with the book they can tear the
pages get excited or get the book dirty never try and share your milk and
cookies with your book books don't need food or water in fact they hate them
eating and drinking while you read a book can be a problem if you spill your
drink or get food on your book if you have food on your hands you can
get that food on to the book always read a book with clean dry hands washing with
soap and water then drying them with the towel is best books love to be clean
it's a good idea to make sure that you know that your book is the kind that can
be written in ask a parent some books can be written in like coloring books
schoolwork books or puzzle books but other books shouldn't be written in at
all make sure you get permission to write in any book this is especially
true for books from the library so now that you know about how to treat our new
best friends books you can get started reading here is one of my favorite books
Where's Waldo the wonder book the outside of the book is called the cover
this is the front cover and this is the back cover and this part is called the
spine oh I can't wait to start reading
okay hmm wait a minute oh it's important to hold
the book right side up use the pictures as a clue the title of this book is
Where's Waldo the Wonder book the person who writes a book and decides what words
to put in it is called the author the author of this book is Martin Hanford a
book opens up by turning the front cover like this we turn each page from right
to left notice how I and turning the page I'm carefully holding my pages
in my fingers so that I do not tear or Bend the pages
don't turn the pages with bear paws grrr bears shouldn't read books the
pages would get ruined also don't turn the pages from the
middle of the book that can easily tear the book turn the page from the upper
corner the middle or the bottom corner here as we turn the pages to look at and
read our book we need to go in the right direction so the book makes sense we
read books from beginning to end let's look at the first pages of my book this
page is the very first page in the book it reminds us of what the title is
Where's Waldo the wonder book watch how I carefully turn the page from the
bottom corner where you start on the top of the page and then we move our way to
the bottom like this Once Upon a page and so it goes when we read most
languages like English we read from the left to the right like this as we read
is important and fun to stop and look at the pictures if a book has them pictures
can help us to understand the story if we only read part of a book and do not
have time to finish we use a bookmark to mark our place this is so that we can go
back to where we left off reading you can make your own bookmarks out of a
strip of paper sometimes if you ask nicely the
librarian at the library may even give you one it is important to not bend any
pages or bend the corner to keep our place then being pages can make them
tear and we do not want any of our pages to tear once we've read and looked at
all the pages we are finished reading our book remember what I said to do and
we finished reading a book that's right put the book in a safe clean and dry
place away from pets I am so excited we've gone on this journey together we
have learned how to properly care for and read a book now just think of all
those books in that library I better get reading and so should you
practice what you have learned about reading books using our online fun games
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