"She needs to be able to understand age-appropriate books, but she isn’t yet fluent enough to read them”
To keep Goldy reading, Mimi needs to learn how beginner books work.
“I know how they work,” she jokes. “Open book, read words, don’t get off the couch until the last page.” She sobers. “But of course Goldy hates reading.”
“What doesn’t she like about it?”
Mimi puts on a whiny singsong. “It’s soooo boring… I doooon’t wanna… Stooop asking me questions.”
“Okay,” I say. “So this is how books work: They have pictures that support the story.”
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