Early Literacy Skills: What Infants and Toddlers Can Do   Book Handling Behaviors related to a child's physical manipulation or handling of books – mouthing, turning book upright, turning pages, etc.   Looking and Recognizing Behaviors related to how children pay attention to and interact with pictures in books Behaviors that show recognition of and a beginning understanding of pictures in books – gazing at or showing an interest in pictures, smiling at a favorite picture, etc.       Picture and Story Comprehension Behaviors that show a child's understanding of pictures and events in a book – patting or pointing to pictures Naming pictures Matching pictures to objects, etc.   Story-Reading Behaviors that include children's verbal interactions with books and their increasing understanding of print in books – "book babble", memorizing stories, running fingers along printed words, etc.             Adapted from Schickedanz (1999) Much More Than The ABC's BrainWonders: Developed 1998-2001