Reading book as effective means to the formation readers' skills of mentally retarded pupils

The author writes that picture books hold a prominent place in children’s literature because of the juxtaposition of pictures and words. Thanks to the public’s acute awareness of the importance of childhood in human devel opment, to professional critical evaluation of children’s literature, as well as to the advances in printing technology and art reproduction, children’s literature has witnessed a dramatic increase in well illustrated picture books. A role of pupil’s book for literary reading to the formation readers' skills of mentally retarded pupils is presented; important of picture illustrations is descrided

У статті розглянуто роль підручника з літературного читання для формування читацької діяльності у розумово відсталих учнів умінь. Доведено провідне значення апарату організації засвоєння та ілюстративного матеріалу в опануванні учнями читацькими уміннями.