Big books (Topical Term)
- Enlarged texts (Children's books)
- Giant books
- Lap books
- Broader heading: Large type books
- Broader heading: Oversize books
- Broader heading: Picture books for children
Work cat.: 98050933: Big Books for little readers, 1999 (enlarged texts, or big books, print big enough for a group of children to see, began in late 1960s in New Zealand, 15 inches high or more, with pictures)
LC database, Nov. 10, 1998 (several series of "big books" with a size of 48 cm.)
ERIC through Firstsearch, Nov. 10, 1998 ("big books" allow groups of students to share text and pictures)
Saskatchewan Education Web site, Nov. 1, 2001 ("A lap book is smaller than a Big Book, can be held in the teacher's lap, and has sufficiently larger pictures and print to enable all the children in a small group to see/read it, when seated on the carpet in front of the teacher.")
WWW, Nov. 1, 2001 (big books, lap books, giant books)
Here are entered poster-size children's books designed to be read aloud in a group setting, as well as works about such books.