How Picturebooks Work - Nikolajeva, Maria (Stockholm University, Sweden) a Scott, Carole (San Diego State University, USA)

Looks at the interplay between text and image in picturebooks. This book explores picturebooks as a specific medium or genre in literature and culture, one that prepares children for other media of communication, and argues that picturebooks may be the most influential media of all in the socialization and representation of children.