Words about pictures
the narrative art of children's picture books
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Author
Publication
1990 - University of Georgia Press, Athens, Ga, England
Language
English
Word Count
87,000 words, Guess
Page Count
348 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewordsaboutpictur0000node
- ISBN-100820312711
- ISBN-139780820312712
- Goodreads739023
- LibraryThing245213
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780820312712
- Open LibraryOL20141728M
Classifications
- DDC808.068
- LCCZ1037
Description
"A pioneering study of a unique narrative form, Words about Pictures examines the special qualities of picture books--books intended to educate or tell stories to young children. Drawing from a number of aesthetic and literary sources, Perry Nodelman explores the ways in which the interplay of the verbal and visual aspects of picture books conveys more narrative information and stimulation than either medium could achieve alone. Moving from "baby" books, alphabet books, and word books to such well-known children's picture books as Nancy Ekholm Burkert's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Gerald McDermott's Arrow to the Sun, Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, and Chris Van Allsburg's The Garden of Abdul Gasazi, Nodelman reveals how picture-book narrative is affected by the exclusively visual information of picture-book design and illustration as well as by the relationships between pictures and their complementary texts."--Pub. desc.
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