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Books That Utilize Background Knowledge


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These are books that allow children to draw upon their own experiences to facilitate comprehension of stories. By describing situations that are familiar to most children, these books make it simple to prompt children to use their relevant prior knowledge before, during, and after reading in order to develop a simple story schema.


  1.  Before I Was Born by Harriet Ziefert

  2.  Birthday Presents by Cynthia Rylant

  3.  Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher

  4.  Hey Daddy: Animal Fathers and Their Babies by Mary Batten & Higgins Bond

  5.  Hooway for Wodney by Wat Helen Lester

  6.  Ira Sleeps Over by Bernard Waber

  7.  Julius, the Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes

  8.  Listen Buddy by Helen Lester

  9.  Some Things are Scary Florence by Parry Heide