Answer to Question #218856 in English for Phumelele

Question

Discuss how writers use different strategies to stimulate the imagination of young readers and why the imagination is so important to a young person development

Refer to at least two children books of your choosing to illustrate your points

Answer 1

Writers use various strategies to stimulate the imagination of young readers. Including story visuals such as large and colorful pictures in the books of young readers helps to broaden their vocabulary of both words and images. For example in the story book ' The Tale of Peter Rabbit' , big pictures of the the rabbits have been captured in the book which helps to introduce the readers to rabbits. The readers will be able to manipulate how a rabbit looks like as they listen to the story. This helps to strengthen their minds as it acts as a muscle.

Imagination also encourages creativity which brings about new ideas. Imagination helps people to come up with new inventions and new ideas that help advance the society. It also pushes discovery and understanding. For example the book ' How the Camel Got its Hump' can help the readers construct new imaginative pathways such riding through the desert on the hump of a camel.