Crossover Picturebooks: A Genre for All Ages
- ISBN-10
- 1136577017
- ISBN-13
- 9781136577017
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 414
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-06-17
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Sandra L. Beckett
Description
This book situates the picturebook genre within the widespread international phenomenon of crossover literature, examining an international corpus of picturebooks — including artists’ books, wordless picturebooks, and celebrity picturebooks — that appeal to readers of all ages. Focusing on contemporary picturebooks, Sandra Beckett shows that the picturebook has traditionally been seen as a children’s genre, but in the eyes of many authors, illustrators, and publishers, it is a narrative form that can address any and all age groups. Innovative graphics and formats as well as the creative, often complex dialogue between text and image provide multiple levels of meaning and invite readers of all ages to consider texts that are primarily marketed as children’s books. The interplay of text and image that distinguishes the picturebook from other forms of fiction and makes it a unique art form also makes it the ultimate crossover genre. Crossover picturebooks are often very complex texts that are challenging for adults as well as children. Many are characterized by difficult "adult" themes, genre blending, metafictive discourse, intertextuality, sophisticated graphics, and complex text-image interplay. Exciting experiments with new formats and techniques, as well as novel interactions with new media and technologies have made the picturebook one of the most vibrant and innovative contemporary literary genres, one that seems to know no boundaries. Crossover Picturebooks is a valuable addition to the study of a genre that is gaining increasing recognition and appreciation, and contributes significantly to the field of children’s literature as a whole.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
The Crossover
By Kwame AlexanderA middle-grade novel in verse follows the experiences of twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan, who struggle with challenges on and off the court while their father ignores his declining health. 20,000 first printing.
-
The Crossover Series Digital Boxed Set
By Kwame AlexanderCelebrate this masterful, rhythmic, and heartfelt contribution to children's literature and rediscover Kwame Alexander's electric poetry with this collection, which includes Rebound, The Crossover, and Booked.
-
The Crossover Graphic Novel
By Kwame AlexanderKwame Alexander’s New York Times bestseller and Newbery Medal–winning The Crossover is vividly brought to life as a graphic novel with stunning illustrations by star talent Dawud Anyabwile.
-
Booked
By Kwame AlexanderKwame Alexander has the magic to pull off this unlikely feat, both as a poet and as a storyteller. " —The Chicago Tribune Can’t nobody stop you Can’t nobody cop you… ILA-CBC Children's Choice List· ALA Notable Children’s Book · ...
-
Diamonds
By Armin GrederMama, if I was to dig a hole in our garden, would I find a diamond? No, darling, there are no diamonds here. Where are diamonds, then? Oh, in other countries. In Africa for example .
-
Rebound
By Kwame AlexanderFrom the New York Times bestselling author Kwame Alexander comes Rebound, the dynamic prequel to his Newbery Award–winning novel in verse, The Crossover.
-
The Crossover
By Kwame AlexanderFourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
-
Crossover
By Jeff RudKyle is a rising star on the school's basketball team, but when he connects with an old friend and auditions for the school play, he finds opposition both on and off the court.
-
Picturebooks: Representation and Narration
By Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer... Beyond Babar: The European Tradition in Children's Literature (Scarecrow, 2006), Transcending Boundaries (Routledge, 1999), Reflections of Change: Children's Literature Since 1945 (Scarecrow, 1995) and Revisioning Red Riding Hood for ...
-
The Crossover Novel: Contemporary Children's Fiction and Its Adult Readership
By Rachel FalconerFletcher, J.,and A.Benjamin, eds.Abjection, Melancholia andLove: The Work ofJulia Kristeva. London: Routledge, 1990. Freccero, John.The Poetics of Conversion, ed.R. Jacoff. Cambridge, MA: HarvardUniversity Press, 1986. Freud, Sigmund.