PICTURE BOOKS
Picture books represent a unique literacy form that blends stories with the art. The illustrations and texts share the same job of telling the story or teaching the concept. Most picture books are written for younger children. Picture books are an abundant resource for initiating children into the worlds of literacy and image.
Categories of Picture Books
Engineered Book is a specific book format. They are books that include three-dimensional objects, movable, flaps, pull-tabs, pop-outs, pull-downs and more. Each of these different parts of a pop-up book performs various tasks to make the children or reader more involved with the book. Paper engineering involves the cutting, folding, or restructuring of the normal printed or illustrated page.
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Baby/Board Books were established as a distinct type of picture book in 1981. These arms-clad books are made from thick cardboard with clear plasticized coatings. It is meant to withstand the buffetings, dunkings, and sucking of babies and toddlers. Some of the books are wordless, or have a slightly reduced text such as single word or short phrases.
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Picture books are also available in audiovisual format.
The two companies that produce excellent DVDs and CDs are Live Oak Media (www.liveoakmdea.com) and Weston Woods (http://teacher.scholastic.com/products/westonwoods).
Reference:
Tunnell, M., Jacobs, J.S., Young, T., & Bryan, G. (2012). Children's Literature: Briefly. Boston: Pearson Education Inc., pp 61-71
Tunnell, M., Jacobs, J.S., Young, T., & Bryan, G. (2012). Children's Literature: Briefly. Boston: Pearson Education Inc., pp 61-71
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