English studies

ASSIGNMENT 02: Educators and Children’s Literature


This assignment is based on Units 3 and 4 in Tutorial Letter 501. Work through these two units
before you attempt the assignment. Answer the questions below in full sentences.



QUESTION 1

1.1. Briefly discuss three reasons why picture books are an important first step in a child’s
reading journey. (3)

1.2. Briefly discuss the difference between a picture book and an illustrated book. (2)


1.3. Consider the children’s book A Very Important Tree by Liam Longland, Heni’Z
Creative Studio and Elana Bregin (the book is available as a pdf file on myUnisa).
Would you say A Very Important Tree is a picture book or an illustrated book? Why
do you say so? (2)

1.4. Look at the image below, taken from A Very Important Tree. In a paragraph of about
five sentences, discuss what this image tells you about how the characters feel and
the relationships between them? (5)




From A Very Important Tree by Liam Longland, Heni’Z Creative Studio and Elana Bregin, available on
BookDash, https://bookdash.org/, and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Licence
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The image appears here unaltered.

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QUESTION 2