The Important Books: Children's Picture Books as Art and Literature

by Joseph Stanton

The children's picture book is an important form of literary-visual art. In this volume, Joseph Stanton disposes of some of the assumptions that have tended to obscure this genre's achievements. While focusing on those books that are distinguished by some degree of originality in both word and image, the author points out that the importance of picture books is not primarily pedagogical--they are not intended to serve as "dumbed down" versions of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810851768
• ISBN13: 9780810851764
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 8.5"