Product Description
The picture shares much with the comic book ("graphic novel") and the storyboard, which coordinates the visual and verbal elements of film. Spaulding examines a group of picture books by such innovative modern American and English authors/illustrators as Sendak, Briggs, Stevenson, and Pienkowski, considering them from a new perspective: dramatic literature presented on stage. This innovative study will stimulate students of children's literature, popular culture, and education to consider the impact of the shift from traditional print to graphic information. The impact of the comic book on reading alone is enormous, with the characteristic incomplete sentences, invented words, and the use of slang that breaks the patterns of standard literature. The picture shares much with the comic book ("graphic novel") and the storyboard, which coordinates the visual and verbal elements of film. Spaulding examines a group of picture books by such innovative modern American and English authors/illustrators as Sendak, Briggs, Stevenson, and Pienkowski, considering them from a new perspective: dramatic literature presented on stage. This innovative study will stimulate students of children's literature, popular culture, and education to consider the impact of the shift from traditional print to graphic information. The impact of the comic book on reading alone is enormous, with the characteristic incomplete sentences, invented words, and the use of slang that breaks the patterns of standard literature.
About the Author
Amy Spaulding is Associate Professor at Long Island University's Palmer School of Library and Information Science. She chaired the 1990 Caldecott Award Selection Committee and served on the ALA Notable Books for Children Committee.
