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PICTURE BOOKS

Dr. Jeff Sapp

SO FAR…

¢ Chapter 1 – General Introduction (“Good Children’s Books…”)

¢ Chapter 12 – Literary Meaning-Making and Children’s Responses to Literature (Shared Reading)

¢ Chapter 2 – Literary Elements (Genre Matrix) ¢ Chapter 3 – Picture Books ¢ Chapter 4 – Diverse Perspectives (Next Week)

¢ Shared Reading (The Terrible Topsy Turvy Tissy Tossy Tangle)

¢ Genre Matrix (Troughton’s set of folktales & Kipling’s How the Rhinoceros Got Its Skin)

TEACHING AS A SUBVERSIVE ACT BY JEFF SAPP

TEACHING AS A SUBVERSIVE ACT BY JEFF SAPP

“Most teachers understand that, whatever the issue is, if we’re in a public school system, almost every choice we make is a political one. Stick to the proscribed curricula? Political, yet safe. Add to the scripted materials? Political, and less safe.”

TEACHING AS A SUBVERSIVE ACT BY JEFF SAPP

How often do the things you learn at CSUDH appear congruent or at odds with what you’re experiencing off campus in the schools where you work?

TEACHING AS A SUBVERSIVE ACT BY JEFF SAPP

How often do you nod your head “yes” to whomever is telling you how to teach and then go into your classroom, shut your door, and do what you believe is the right thing to do for your students? *Never *Sometimes *A Lot!

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WILDCAT GOES A BRAGGING BY JEFF SAPP

PICTURES BOOKS DEFINED

¢ Books with good art ¢ Establishes depth in ones feeling ¢ Creates profound thought

¢ “ A picture book in the purest sense refers to a book that relies solely on illustrations to convey its message”(Pg.177)

¢ First Picture Book Orbis Sensualium Pictus

¢ Advanced by John Newberry

¢ Picture books flourished in mid-19th century

Development of the Picture book, Major contributors

¢ Walter Crane ¢ Kate Greenaway

¢ Randolph Caldecott

Development of the Picture book, Major contributors

ABC BOOKS

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1.  Early Childhood Books

2.  Wordless Books

3.  Picture Books with Minimal Text

4.  Beginning Reader Books

5.  Picture Story Books

5 Categories of picture Books

¢ Sustains children’s curiosity

¢ Durable ¢ Texture is fun ¢ Short books ¢ Simple pictures ¢ Can be interactive i.e.

pull-tabs, flaps

1. Early Childhood Books

¢ Easy to understand ¢ Picture says it all ¢ Story line is created in the

mind of the reader ¢ Allows storytelling ¢ Open to interpretation

2. Wordless Books

¢ Related to wordless books

¢ Minimal text i.e. Chris Raschka’s Yo & Yes

¢ Short words help but not the bread and butter of storyline

¢ More Illustrations

3. Picture Books with Minimal Text

¢ Predictable outline ¢ Vocabulary is controlled ¢ Can been known as

Predictable books ¢ Structured/repetitive ¢ Rhythms and Rhymes ¢ Patterns are established

4. Beginning Readers

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¢ Most Popular

¢ Text and pictures are closely intertwine

¢ Every detail contributes to story line. Page layout, Color, picture and Text

5. Picture Story Books

HOW PICTURE STORYBOOKS WORK

1.  The Layout of Picture Books (multiples of 8-- 32 pages)

2.  Characterization 3.  Perspective 4.  Backgrounds 5.  Color 6.  Picture/Text Relations

1.The Layout of Picture Books

SINGLE PAGES AND DOUBLE-PAGE SPREADS

PAGE* GO ON FOREVER*

WORKING COTTON

How Picture Storybooks Work

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BORDERS Provide s a means for illustrator to control how intimately readers feel involved with the

pictures.

ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON stainless glass window on church windows

1. The Layout of Picture Books

How Picture Storybooks Work

PAGE TURNS Create and relieve suspense- challenged to guess

OH, A-HUNTING WE WILL GO By John Langstaff Oh- a hunting we will go. A-hunting we will go. We’ll catch a fox…

How Picture Storybooks Work 1. The Layout of Picture Books

OH, A-HUNTING WE WILL GO By John Langstaff …And put him in a box And then we’ll let him go.

Create and relieve suspense- challenged to guess

How Picture Storybooks Work 1. The Layout of Picture Books

PAGE TURNS Create and relieve suspense- challenged to guess

2. Characterization Identify features, throughout the changes

of scene or status in the whole book. FROG AND

TOAD Frog is green and

Toad is brown.

BUNNY CAKES large faces, big eyes, small

mouths- we’ve accepted what is “Cute” nurturing behavior

How Picture Storybooks Work

3. Perspective ZOOM

look closely and consider the perspective of the illustration compared to previous

page and the page that follows.

4. Backgrounds

Characters identified by objects surrounding them--

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Slovenly surroundings-trees and bushes

signal wildness taking over.

How Picture Storybooks Work

5. Color

LUCY DOVE Dark, somber, eerie

JUMANJI Mood through intensity

of black tones

6. Picture/Text Relationships Illustrations support the text

MISS NELSON IS MISSING children more actively engaged if they infer from the illustrations

How Picture Storybooks Work

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APPRECIATING THE ARTISTIC CRAFT OF THE PICTURE BOOK

¢ Elements of Design �  Line, Color, Light, Shape, texture

¢ Artistic Media �  Painting �  Pencil Drawing �  PaperCrafts: Collage, Papermaking, Cut Paper �  Three-Dimensional Art �  Scratchboard �  Woodcut �  Photography �  Computer-Generated Art �  Mixed Media

Elements of Design Line, Color, Light, Shape, Texture

THE PAPERBOY

ARTISTIC CRAFT

Texture: wood boards

Shape: triangle

Light: darkness

Color: Beam of yellow

Line: mountains, dog’s tail

Artistic Media Watercolor

Beauty of country depicted in views of ocean, mountains, and greenery

Painted on Ceramic tiles

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Scratchboard Pencil Drawing

ARTISTIC CRAFT Artistic Media Artistic Media

ARTISTIC CRAFT

Cut Paper Three Dimensional Art

WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE SEVERAL CREATORS/ILLUSTRATORS OF PICTURE

BOOKS?????

DIFFERENT ILLUSTRATORS USE DIFFERENT ARTISTIC MEDIA….. ¢  Japanese author and illustrator best known for his

wordless books. Many of his books include mathematical and scientific details to make learning enjoyable and interesting.

Mitsumasa Anno

¢  Creates books that combine heartfelt stories with opportunities for learning and play. Many of his books are recognizable because of his unique painted tissue-paper collages.

Eric Carle ¢  His work is done in watercolor in a folk art style. Many of

his books are autobiographical, like The Art Lesson where children learn about Tomie’s early interest in art.

Tomie dePaola

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¢  Both artists create art which is unique in that each piece is truly a work of collaboration. They maintain that one of them could begin a line and the other can continue it without detectable interruption. They use stylized watercolor paintings patterned.

Leo and Diane Dillon ¢  Started his career as a commercial artist. Used torn-paper collage, which

portrayed human emotions abstractly.

Leo Lionni

¢  Known for creating characters that are imaginative, strong-willed, and clever.

Maurice Sendak EVALUATING QUALITY IN PICTURE BOOKS

¢ Text (literary elements): is the story line strong and interesting without the pictures?

¢  Illustration (artistic elements): is the art

interesting to intended audience? Does it leave room for imagination? Does it help see things in a new way?

¢  Integration of text and illustrations: Do the

pictures fit the text? Do they work well together? Do the text and pictures seem to clarify, enhance, and extend each other?

PICTURE BOOK SELECTION CRITERIA

¢  Intended Audience: Who is the intended audience? Does it consider their backgrounds? What are their needs and interest?

¢  Intended Purpose: How will this book be used?

Does it fit the readers’ needs and interests? Does it match curricular or other purposes?

¢ Makeup of the collection: What other books

are available? Is there a good balance in the variety of books?

AWARDS ¢  Caldecott Medal: annual award for the most

distinguished picture book published in the previous year. ¢  Coretta Scott King Award: recipients are African

American authors and illustrators whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the culture and contribution of all people to the realization of the “American dream.”

¢  Charlotte Zolotow Award: presented to the author who

is honored for having written the best picture book text published in the United States in the preceding year.

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LET’S TAKE A FEW MOMENTS AND LOOK AT SOME BOOKS!

LET’S TAKE SOME TIME TO WORK ON OUR OWN PRESENTATIONS IN CLASS NOW…