How Picturebooks Work
Maria Nikolajeva and Carole Scott
Routledge, 2006 (originally published by Garland in 2000)
ISBN 9780415979689

SUMMARY

Picturebooks appeal to all readers -- young and old. They provide common ground between generations and -- perhaps more than any other literary or artistic medium -- shape the representation and socialization of children. Explores a new methodology, groundbreaking theories, terminology, and working tools for understanding the dynamic picturebook form.

CONTENTS

Introduction
Whose Book is It?
Setting
Characterization
Narrative Perspective
Time and Movement
Mimesis and Modality
Figurative Language, Metafiction, and Intertext
Picturebook Paratexts
Conclusion