When I was a teenager, there were many picture storybook stands in myhometown, 1 A picture story book is a book which tellsa story by using pictures with some words. Usually the pictures were drawn by hand and looked very beautiful.
These stands usually had a lot of different picture storybooks, and every stand had some books which were
always interesting 2 For more interesting books, however,the rental fee was a little higher; for example, the owner of the stand would ask for fivecents to rent a new book. However, those books were the most interesting to me. 3, .
After renting a book, I would find a small bench and sit there to enjoy reading the book.Many kids liked the pictures best, but I would like to read through the words.
Now there are many cartoon books in book shops instead of picture storybooks. 4 However, I miss those picture story book stands.
A. Reading books can help us become more popular.
B. So, do you know what a picture storybook is?
C. And then I spent all of my pocket money to rent books.
D. Children today have enough money to buy cartoon books,
E. For only two cents, you could read a picture storybook.