Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
Series |
Children's literature and culture ; [82] |
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Children's literature and culture ; 82.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Picturebooks as a crossover genre -- Artists' books -- Wordless picturebooks -- Picturebooks with allusions to the fine arts -- Picturebooks with cross-generational themes -- Celebrity picturebooks -- Picturebooks : the ultimate crossover genre. |
Summary |
"Although crossover fiction is now recognized as a distinct literary genre and marketing category by critics, publishers, booksellers, writers, and readers, the term "crossover" is generally used in a very narrow sense for children's and young adult novels read by adults. Picturebooks that cross from young readers to an adult audience have been overlooked, despite the fact that picturebooks, more than any other genre, can genuinely be books for all ages, and indeed, many contemporary picturebooks deny and defy publishers' often very age-specific categories of readers. This study will examine an international corpus of contemporary picturebooks--including artists' books, celebrity picturebooks, and others-- that appeal to readers of all ages. A wide selection of picturebooks in many languages from around the globe will be analyzed. The study will focus on contemporary picturebooks, with emphasis on those published since 1990, but important earlier examples will also be mentioned to provide a historical context"-- Provided by publisher |
Subject |
Picture books.
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Picture books -- Publishing.
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Picture books -- Bibliography.
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Books and reading.
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Livres d'images. |
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Livres d'images -- Édition. |
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Livres d'images -- Bibliographie. |
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Livres et lecture. |
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picture books. |
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Books and reading |
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Picture books |
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Picture books -- Publishing |
Genre |
Bibliographies
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Other Form: |
Print version: Beckett, Sandra L., 1953- Crossover picturebooks. New York ; London : Routledge, 2012 9780415872300 (DLC) 2011022878 (OCoLC)671700760 |
ISBN |
9780203154038 |
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0203154037 |
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9781136577017 |
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1136577017 |
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