• Picture books can provide powerful messages, illustrate abstract ideas and bring the reader to far away places. They can provoke fear, happiness and new understandings that restructure your preschooler’s perception of the world.

• Literature has helped shape the world through education and the sharing of stories, research and discoveries.

• It's never too early to promote your child’s relationship with books and storytelling by exposing them to an array of picture books that celebrate the written word.