Reading Contemporary Picturebooks: Picturing Text

by David R. Lewis

Book Overview

Reading Contemporary Picturebooks takes a look at one of the most vibrant branches of children's literature - the modern picturebook. This exciting new book takes a sample of contemporary picturebooks and closely examines the features that make them distinctive and then suggests a way of characterising the 'interanimation' of words and pictures that is the essence of the form. The reasons for the picturebook's vitality and flexibility are also explored...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415208874
• ISBN13: 9780415208871
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.2"