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In the sections of this chapter you will do the following:
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| THE PICTUREBOOK DEFINED Learn the definition of a picturebook. |
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Learn how a picturebook is differentiated from a picture storybook and an illustrated book. |
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| THE ART AND ARTISTS OF PICTUREBOOKS Learn the ways illustrators are able to create these forms of meaning in picturebooks: foreshadowing, emotions, tensions, metaphor, climax, mood, character delineations, character development, accuracy and consistency with text, and authenticity of setting. |
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Learn the definition of style in picturebooks. |
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Identify the basic elements of design. |
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Determine how a change of perspective can alter an illustration. |
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Determine what effect a woodcut creates in an illustration. |
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Find out how scratchboard illustrations are prepared. |
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Determine the effect that the medium of collage gives to illustrations. |
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Find out about the various types of paints that are used in illustrating picturebooks. |
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Discover what effects illustrators can achieve when using crayon, pastel, pencil, or charcoal. |
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Identify the distinguishing feature of these types of art: realism, impressionism, surrealism, primitive or folk art, and cartoon. |
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Learn the way a book can be affected by design choices concerning these features: size, shape, cloth cover, jacket, end papers, title page, spacing of pictures and text, margins, type design, paper quality and color, and binding. |
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| THE LANGUAGE OF PICTUREBOOKS Learn the value of these language forms in picturebooks: exuberant use of language, cadenced language, unusual words, repetition, figurative language, and rich dialogue. |
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| THE CONTENT OF PICTUREBOOKS Distinguish between books written for children and about children. |
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| THEMES AND SUBJECTS IN PICTUREBOOKS Know some topics that are current in books with these themes: family, grandparents, familiar experience, older people, nature, animals as people, cultural diversity, social and environmental concerns, and war and its aftermath. |
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Note the distinguishing characteristics between traditional folktales and modern folktale-style stories. |
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Note the various types of humor that appear in picturebooks. |
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Identify the forms of fantasy literature found in picturebooks. |
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Learn ways that picturebooks can be used with older children. |