How Picturebooks Work

by Maria Nikolajeva, Carole Scott

Overview

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 illustrators including Maurice Sendak and Tove Jansson, among others. With 116 illustrations, How Picturebooks Work offers the student of children's literature a new methodology, new theories, and a new set of critical tools for examining the picturebook form.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415979689
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/05/2006
Series:	Children's Literature and Culture
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Maria Nikolajeva is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at both Stockholm University and Åbo Academy University.

Carole Scott is Former Professor in San Diego State University's National Center for the Study of Children's Literature and Dean of Undergraduate Studies.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Foreword. Acknowledgments. Illustration Acknowledgments. Introduction. 1. Whose book is it? 2. Setting 3. Characterization 4. Narrative Perspective 5. Time and Movement 6. Mimesis and Modality 7. Figurative Language, Metafiction, and Intertext 8. Picturebook Parents Conclusion. Bibliography. Index of Names. Index of Titles. Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

A welcome addition to the serious study of children's literature and a must for any institution with programs in children's studies.

Choice

A well-illustrated and scholarly look at the interplay between text and images in an international sampling of children's fiction. Nikolajeva (comparative literature, Stockholm U.) and Scott (dean, undergraduate studies, San Diego State U.) carefully define terms and definitions before launching into various aspects of picture books, including characterization, narrative perspective, time and movement, mimesis and modality, figurative language, metafiction, intertext and paratexts. The 116 illustrations are indexed. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

'A welcome addition to the serious study of children's literature and a must for any institution with programs in children's studies.' - Choice

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