Cover; How Picturebooks Work; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Illustration Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Whose Book Is It?; Chapter 2. Setting; Chapter 3. Characterization; Chapter 4. Narrative Perspective; Chapter 5. Time and Movement; Chapter 6. Mimesis and Modality; Chapter 7. Figurative Language, Metafiction, and Intertext; Chapter 8. Picturebook Paratexts; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Titles; Subject Index
Summary
How Picturebooks Work is an innovative and engaging look at the interplay between text and image in picturebooks. The authors explore picturebooks as a specific medium or genre in literature and culture, one that prepares children for other media of communication, and they argue that picturebooks may be the most influential media of all in the socialization and representation of children. Spanning an international range of children's books, this book examine such favorites as Curious George and Frog and Toad Are Friends, along with the works of authors and i
Notes
Originally published: New York : Garland, 2000
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-279) and indexes
