Books designed to support learning to read from 0 to 9 years old, while strengthening self-esteem by placing the child at the heart of the adventure!
Benefit #1: it boosts reading skills
All children, whatever their name, can be the hero or heroine of our stories. Seeing themselves in a book has a powerful effect on children, and makes it more obvious to them that they are welcome in the world of the written word. Feeling like you belong is a key step toward identifying as a reader.
It's magical to see a child's eyes light up and widen when he realizes that he is the hero of his own adventure. Throughout the pages, astonishment helps him to immerse himself in his reading and in the learning. Reading personalized books allows children to see themselves as readers from a young age.
Benefit #2: it promotes self-esteem
Our story is written to help children build and develop a positive image of themselves. A story that makes them heroes and courageous adventurers, particularly with our “Tour Du Monde”.
Benefit No. 3: it accelerates learning
Personalization has this (magical) power to improve children's ability and motivation to learn. When they are immersed in history, it becomes easier for them to acquire new words and knowledge. And they retain them more easily! A study of kindergarten students found that those who were read personalized stories spoke more and for longer. Another study showed a significant gap in word acquisition when reading personalized text compared to non-personalized text. Yay!
Benefit #4: it helps children show empathy
Stories help children understand the thoughts, feelings, and motivations of the people around them. For children, this means that when they are the hero of their own adventure, their brain literally makes them embody the character's behaviors. Helping others, solving problems, showing curiosity: meeting the different protagonists of our stories helps children know how to show empathy towards others in everyday life.
Benefit No. 5: it promotes diversity
There is no room in our stories for assumptions or prejudices. Our readers are simply children. Toddlers with a thousand different names. Little darlings who live all over the world in varied family structures. Boys who like flowers and girls who like dinosaurs. In short, our adventures are for everyone!
Benefit #6: It gives children a taste for reading!
A study of children aged 9 to 10 showed that when they read personalized stories, their reading comprehension improved by more than 40%. Yes, yes, you read correctly: 40%! The researchers concluded that the relevance of the text on an individual level made the stories more interesting, easier to understand and above all, more fun.
And we want all children to discover the pleasure of reading. At Zebrabook, we do not hesitate to present to budding readers words as varied as narwhal, Kehops, pyramids, iceberg, Machu Picchu,... Or new ideas like traveling the world, respect, kindness and the fact that making mistakes is a good thing, because it helps you grow.
