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de Rijke, Victoria – Education 3-13, 2021
This article covers the contribution reading and stories (children's literature) have made to reading, its study, its material world, and the implications for teaching and learning to read -particularly with picturebooks -- at the heart of that practice. It first explores the category of children's literature as a possible 'lie', but also its…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Multiple Literacies, Constructivism (Learning)
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Zohrabi, Mohammad; Dobakhti, Leila; Pour, Elnaz Mohammad – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2019
Semiotics as a broad field of study encompasses Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL). SFL has paved the way for Multimodality which is the study of different sources of meaning. This study was conducted to analyze the visual sources of meaning in children's storybooks on the basis of what Kress and van Leeuwen (2006) developed and called visual…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Books, Semiotics, Visual Stimuli
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da Silva, Marta Regina Paulo – Policy Futures in Education, 2018
The article discusses the production of children's cultures based on the experiences of 3-5-year-old children with the language of comic books, focusing on gender relations. It is part of a doctoral research project conducted at FE / UNICAMP and investigates a case study in a municipal pre-school in the Greater ABC region in São Paulo, Brazil. It…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Interpersonal Relationship, Cartoons
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Evans, Janet – Education 3-13, 2016
This article gives a brief overview of reader response theory before sharing the views of some nine-year-old children working collaboratively as part of a community of readers. Prior to responding to some philosophical picturebooks the children talked about what they thought philosophy was, they then shared their thoughts on some of the very…
Descriptors: Philosophy, Childrens Literature, Children, Picture Books
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Vehabovic, Nermin – Journal of Literacy Research, 2021
This multiple case study is part of a larger investigation of literacy practices in "Our Home," an after-school program that provides learning support to children from refugee backgrounds. I asked, "What happens when translingual children from refugee backgrounds respond to multicultural, transnational, and translingual…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Critical Literacy, Social Justice, Social Problems
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Baird, Adela; Laugharne, Janet; Maagerø, Eva; Tønnessen, Elise Seip – Children's Literature in Education, 2016
Children as readers of picture books and the ways they respond to, and make meaning from, such texts are the focus of this article, which reports on a small-scale study undertaken in Norway and Wales, UK. The theoretical framing of the research draws on concepts of the multimodal ensemble in picture books and of the reading event as part of a…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Emergent Literacy, Reading Comprehension, Reading Processes
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Nikolajeva, Maria – Children's Literature in Education, 2012
This article considers how emotions can be conveyed through the interaction of word and image in picturebooks addressed to young readers. The theoretical framework employed in the article develops ideas from cognitive literary theory, adapting it to the specific conditions in which there is a significant difference between the sender's and the…
Descriptors: Empathy, Childrens Literature, Affective Behavior, Picture Books
Thomas, Lisa Carol – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Our society is increasingly bombarded with visual imagery; therefore, it is important for educators to be knowledgeable about the elements of art and to use our knowledge to help students deepen their reading understanding. Arizpe & Styles (2003) noted that students must be prepared to work with imagery in the future at high levels of…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Picture Books, Reading, Reader Response
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Adomat, Donna Sayers – Children's Literature in Education, 2010
In this qualitative study, the author explores how young readers build literary understanding through performative responses in picturebook read-alouds. Performative responses allow children to create and express meaning in ways that go beyond talk and that engage their creativity and imagination. They include a variety of modalities, such as…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Reader Response, Literature Appreciation, Grade 2
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Pantaleo, Sylvia J. – Children's Literature in Education, 2007
In 1991, David Macaulay was awarded the Randolph Caldecott Medal for his picturebook, "Black and White" (1990). He believed the Caldecott committee's choice communicated many messages to readers of all ages: "that it is essential to see, not merely to look; that words and pictures can support each other; that it isn't necessary to think in a…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Play, Picture Books, Awards
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McClay, Jill Kedersha – Children's Literature in Education, 2000
Considers some aspects of contemporary picture books that can be especially engaging for readers young and old. Reports a study of readers of various ages who read and discussed David Macaulay's picture book "Black and White." Considers questions of concern that these readings raise for adults who are interested in children's reading.…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education, Picture Books, Postmodernism
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Day, Karen S. – Children's Literature in Education, 1996
Reports on a study of what children actually bring to the act of reading picture books in terms of their expectations, their reading or life experience, or their understanding of artistic styles. (TB)
Descriptors: Art, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Illustrations
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Sipe, Lawrence R. – Children's Literature in Education, 2000
Examines and describes the intertextual connections made by young children in several primary classrooms in order to identify (1) the interpretive moves afforded by these connections, and (2) how these connections developed the children's literary understanding. Outlines some approaches to the topic of intertextuality and relative research. Draws…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Early Childhood Education, Illustrations, Picture Books
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Shine, Stephanie; Roser, Nancy L. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1999
Studies five preschoolers' response to four genres of picture books: fantasy, realistic, poetic, and information. Finds (1) distinct patterns of response for each genre; and (2) personal associations to the characters, events, images, and topics seemed to form the basis for interpretation. (NH)
Descriptors: Audience Response, Literary Genres, Literature Appreciation, Picture Books
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Zaleski, Joan – Journal of Children's Literature, 1997
Examines one "Teachers as Readers" group, in which teachers meet to read and discuss children's literature. Finds that (1) reading can be defined as making meaning from picture book illustrations; (2) collaboration can be defined as listening to students; and (3) readers respond differently to books based on the beliefs and values they…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Group Dynamics, Picture Books
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