The Foundation of the Relation between Children's Development and Picture Books. Transcript of the ILCL Lecture Series on Children's Literature, 2018

Contents
Foreword Kenichi Terakura 1
Introductory Notes   2
Contents   3
Lecture Programs   4
About the speakers 5
Introduction Mitsue Ishii 6
Picture Books Link Children with Culture Mitsue Ishii 8
Picture Books to Stimulate Children's Interest in Nature and Natural History Makoto Manabe 31
Children's Development and Picture Books/Reading Kiyomi Akita 50
Read Picture Books Together and Develop Together Rie Muranaka 65
The ILCL Practice of Connecting Children with Picture Books Kiyohiro Fukushima 82
Conclusion Mitsue Ishii 91