Illustrations, Text, and the Child Reader: What are Pictures in Children's Storybooks for?
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Picture books are profusely illustrated books in which the illustrations are, to varying degrees, essential to the en joyment and understanding of the story (Tomlinson and Lynch-Brown, 1996). As the most characteristic form of children’s literature (Nodelman, 1996), picture books hold a prominent place in children’s literature because of the juxtaposition of pictures and words. Thanks to the public’s acute awareness of the importance of childhood in human devel opment, to professional critical evaluation of children’s literature, as well as to the advances in printing technology and art reproduction, children’s literature has witnessed a dramatic increase in wellillustrated picture books.
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