Design Elements in Picture Books

Because I had stressed the importance of learning about authors and illustrators, Austin paid attention to the end flaps of the dust jacket, which contained valuable information outside of the actual text or story. Based on our classroom experiences and subsequent work as researchers and teacher edu...

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Published inYC young children Vol. 76; no. 3; pp. 14 - 22
Main Authors McNair, Jonda C, Hoover, Hayley J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington National Association for the Education of Young Children 01.10.2021
Subjects
Andrews, Troy (Trombone Shorty)
Art exhibits
Biographies
Children & youth
Childrens literature
Childrens picture books
Classrooms
Design
Dust
Elementary School Students
Elementary School Teachers
Grade 1
Illustrators
Learning
Literacy
Picture Books
Preschool Children
Reading
Students
Teacher Educators
Teaching
Young Children
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Summary:Because I had stressed the importance of learning about authors and illustrators, Austin paid attention to the end flaps of the dust jacket, which contained valuable information outside of the actual text or story. Based on our classroom experiences and subsequent work as researchers and teacher educators, we present the following design elements, including * dust j ackets with dissimilar case covers * endpapers * font * book size, orientation, and outside cover features We present each of these elements along with descriptions from some of our favorite picture books representing various genres such as realistic fiction, informational text, and biography. [...]I (McNair 2011) conducted a family literacy project and provided African American families with children in grades K-2 opportunities to select books by and about African Americans. [...]Home Is a Window, written by Stephanie Parsley Ledyard and illustrated by Chris Sasaki, is about a young girl and her family who move to a new home.
ISSN:1538-6619
1941-2002