Deconstructing the Textual Representation of the Fathers in the Fantasy Picturebook One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Dad, Blue Dads (1994)

This paper aims to explore the linguistic and visual choices used by writer illustrator in order create meaning fantasy picturebook One Dad, Two Dads, Brown Blue Dads (1994), written Johnny Valentine illustrated Melody Sarecky, which features a gay family. The analytical tools employed this study deconstruct meanings said are Kress van Leeuwen’s (2006) Visual Social Semiotics Painter et al.’s (2013) model read narratives children’s picturebooks. analysis concentrates on textual compositional metafunctions observe intersemiotic relationship between verbal their realizations through various modes. methodology is qualitative-descriptive. reveals that both visuals text narrate story, although it given predominant role page due its size, location of characters frames. shows having two fathers represented as nonnormalized, they perform family duties expected because do same things other do.