The big books suit the learner's stage of development, life experiences and field of interest; complement and enrich the topics chosen for home language; contain a wide variety of text types, e.g stories, factual texts, rhymes, riddles; are illustrated so that visual literacy is promoted; contain removable pages with resources for the teacher. The big books suit the learner's stage of development, life experiences and field of interest; complement and enrich the topics chosen for home language; contain a wide variety of text types, e.g stories, factual texts, rhymes, riddles; are illustrated so that visual literacy is promoted; contain removable pages with resources for the teacher.