Repetition is a huge part of children’s book. Adults often find repetition in books tiresome and irritating. Somehow children have an appreciation in hearing words or phrases over and over again. They can also participate in the story when they know the repetitive phrase that is approaching. In many of the fairy tales we have read, phrases are repeated and I found them slightly annoying and usually skipped them as I read them to myself. Kids however, adore repetition in storybooks and love to be involved in repeating the phrase out loud together. Repetition stories also teach meanings to new words. For example in “Alexander and the Terrible, Rotten, No Good, Very Bad Day” kids learn other words/phrases for bad. While the meaning behind repetition is unclear for adults, children find value in repetition.
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