Do we 'read' or 'watch' children's books with pictures?
Hello, everyone.
As an adult, I am used to saying that I read books as obviously they have text inside. But... Recently I wanted to express in English the fact that I were going to read a book to my son, which in fact had no text to read... It was a children's book only with pictures. I got lost how to say it. After a while, I decided that the best way to say it is "My dear son, let's watch this beautiful book". But I am not sure if this is correct.
By the way, should I say 'this is correct' or 'that is correct' in my previous sentence (I incline to 'this' as it refers to what I said in the previous sentence so it is near rather distant for me)?
Getting back to the main topic:
So, if a book:
a) has only pictures
b) has a small amount of text but mainly consists of pictures
Do we say that we 'read' or 'watch' or maybe do something else with such a book? What is the proper verb here?
Top answer
Reegis "My dear son, let's watch look at this beautiful book". You can "read" a picture book. You make up a story with the pictures as cues.
- Reegis "My dear son, let's watch look at this beautiful book".
- You can "read" a picture book.
- You make up a story with the pictures as cues.
- You son can "read" a different narrative.
- The exercise teaches a child that there is a story, the story continues from one page to the next page, it has a beginning and it has an end.
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Reegis "My dear son, let'swatchlook at this beautiful book".
You can "read" a picture book. You make up a story with the pictures as cues.
You son can "read" a different narrative. The exercise teaches a child that there is a story, the story continues from one page to the next page, it has a beginnin
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