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1. Picture Books
By: Amy Birdwell & Wandtrice Buchanan
Children s Literature and Drama
2. What is a Picture Book?
Not all illustrated books are picture books.
Picture books communicate information or tell stories through a series of many pi
ctures combined with relatively slight or nor texts at all (Norton, p.158)
The illustrations are as important, if not more important than the words.
3. Things to look for:
Do the illustrations relate to the story?
Do the pictures compliment the setting, plot and mood?
Do the pictures enhance the characters?
Do the words and pictures avoid stereotypes?
Does it appeal to children?
Is the book worthwhile?
What is the purpose for sharing this book with children?
Is the style and language of the book age appropriate?
Do the format and pictures go well together?
4. Types of Picture Books
Mother Goose
Toy books
Alphabet books
Counting books
Wordless books
Concept books
Easy-to-Read books
Picture Storybooks
5. Wordless Picture Books
Contain little or no words
Usually aimed at preschoolers
Carefully sequenced illustrations
Examples:
Tuesday by: David Wiesner (1991)
The Snowman by Raymond Briggs by: Caldecott Medal (1978)
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7. Early Publishers of Picture Books
John Newbery (1713-1767)
He published many types of children s literature and a wide variety of books on re
ading, philosophy, and science
His first children s book was A Little Pretty Pocket Book(1744) and History of Lit
tle Goody Two Shoes (1765)
John Harris (1807)
He was a London publisher who succeeded Newbery
He published Butterfly s Ball and the Grasshopper s Feast (by William Roscoe)
He also published fairy tales and nursery rhymes
John Marshall
He was also a London publisher
He had a variety of different books like the first infant libraries, boxed minia
ture libraries, as well as
infant s cabinets (decorated boxes with small
books and pictures).
8. Early Illustrators of Picture Books Picture Books
During the nineteenth century, the illustrations in the picture books became rel
evant, they noticed that the pictures were as important as the text in the stori
es. From this point illustrators were becoming known as well as the authors.
Some of the famous picture books (with illustration) at this time were:
Alice s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by: Lewis Carroll
Little Women (1868-1869) by: Louisa May Alcott

Treasure Island (1883) by: Robert Louis Stevenson

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by: Mark Twain
Jungle Book (1894) by: Rudyard Kipling
9. First Picture Books for Learning
Children s books were first made only for educational purposes; they had religious
books, grammar books and courtesy books (instruction for proper behavior).
John Amos Comenius s book called Orbis Sensualium Pictus (The Visual World in Pict
ures) was known as the first picture book made for children. It was more of an e
ncyclopedia and was made in 1658.
From this, all types of picture books were made for children to learn from like:
Alphabet books
Hornbooks- wooden paddles with inscribed alphabets that were also combined with
religious writings
Battledore-a folded piece of cardboard with an illustrated alphabet
Fables-fictional books for the classroom
10. First Picture Books for Fun
After the picture books were made for instructional use, Thomas Boreman made one
of the first picture books for children s entertainment, they were miniature book
s called Gigantick Histories.
Fairy tales
Nursery rhymes
Chapbooks (inexpensive pamphlets distributed by peddlers)
Moral or Cautionary tales
Adventure tales
And many more
11. References
http://www.childrensbookgallery.net/shop/childrens/about-childrens-books.html
Norton, Donna & Norton, Saundra (2011). Through the eyes of a child: An introduc
tion to children's literature (8th ed.). Pearson Education: Boston. 2011.
http://www2.nkfust.edu.tw/~ emchen/CLit/picturebook_type_wordless.htm#wordless