Description:
Extending the discussion of critical content analysis to the visual realm of picturebooks and graphic novels, this book provides a clear research methodology for understanding and analyzing visual imagery. Offering strategies for "reading" illustrations, chapter authors explore and bring together critical theory and social semiotics.
Review Quotes:
"This volune of collected essays is not only an insightful and varied study for scholars in the field of literature studies but also offers valuable guidelines and suggestions for educators working the literature for children." - Claudia Söffner, Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature