Text includes clear spacing between words.Simple text follows consistent structure.Illustrations often show concrete and familiar objects or actions.Some texts have one line of print per page.Participates in group reading (books, rhymes, poems, and songs).Shows interest in reading signs, labels, and logos (environmental print).Begins to choose reading materials (e.g., books, magazines, and charts) and has favorites.PRECONVENTIONAL READERS AND BOOK CHARACTERISTICS Student Behaviors By matching pictures to a word, children begin to focus on print and mimic the reading behaviors of siblings and adults. The matching label is a color word (e.g., “yellow” for a sunflower). For instance, Growing Colors by Bruce McMillan (1988) includes pictures of objects from nature. Some children can also read simple “label books” with one or two words on a page that match the illustration or photograph. These appealing texts encourage students to use their oral language to tell stories. Tana Hoban has written over two dozen wordless books, such as Look! Look! Look! (1992), that spark conversations and focus preconventional readers on details in the illustrations. Books for Preconventional Readers Children at the Preconventional stage take their first steps as readers with wordless books.