Impact of children literature on literacy development of primary school children’s

This study aims at investigating the impact of children’s literature on literacy development of primary schools children’s. Classroom are only limited to using textbook for teaching-learning transaction. Teachers are thinking children’s story books can be used for entertainment only. But children’s literature can be used during storytelling and story reading as an effective teaching tool/strategy to improve literacy, language, reading comprehension. Through this study the researcher identify the effect of children’s literature on literacy development and to what extent story reading helps to develop vocabulary and comprehension skill so that they can read and write properly. The findings shows that children’s literature through storytelling has beneficial effects on reading and writing skills by which students being able to construct and associate meanings and emotions with words. Students also develop their vocabulary and comprehension level and learn when and where to use certain words and phrases.