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  2. Postmodern picture book - Wikipedia

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    Postmodern picture books are a specific genre of picture books. Characteristics of this unique type of book include non-linear narrative forms in storybooks, books that are "aware" of themselves as books and include self-referential elements, and what is known as metafiction .

  3. Black and White (picture book) - Wikipedia

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    Macaulay had the idea of creating a book about journeys in the 1980s and combined several previously unrelated sketches in order to form the four stories in the book. Owing to its metafictional structure, the book is considered a main example of a postmodern picture book. The book is designed to be interpreted in a number of different ways and ...

  4. Category:Books about irony - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Books about irony" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.

  5. The 10 Best Picture Books of 2024…So Far - AOL

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    3. Everywhere Beauty is Harlem by Gary Golio; illustrated by E.B. Lewis. The best picture books demonstrate words and pictures working in perfect harmony. But sometimes the sheer gorgeousness of ...

  6. Dick and Jane - Wikipedia

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    Dick and Jane are the two protagonists created by Zerna Sharp for a series of basal readers written by William S. Gray to teach children to read. The characters first appeared in the Elson-Gray Readers in 1930 and continued in a subsequent series of books through the final version in 1965. These readers were used in classrooms in the United ...

  7. Picture book - Wikipedia

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    Picture books are aimed at young children. Many are written with vocabulary a child can understand but not necessarily read. For this reason, picture books tend to have two functions in the lives of children: they are first read to young children by adults, and then children read them themselves once they begin learning to read.

  8. Corduroy (book) - Wikipedia

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    Corduroy is a 1968 children's book written and illustrated by Don Freeman, and published by The Viking Press. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association listed the book as one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children." [1] It was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. [2]

  9. Wordless picture book - Wikipedia

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    These books began as educational tools for young children to tell stories and can still be a useful format for pre-literature children. [1] [2] However, some more recent wordless picture books require the reader to be acquainted with conventions around reading books and can be a fun challenge for older readers. [1]