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ERIC Number: EJ368639
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Picture Books as Contexts for Literary, Aesthetic, and Real World Understandings.
Kiefer, Barbara
Language Arts, v65 n3 p260-71 Mar 1988
Sets forth a theory of style in picture books which focuses on artists' choices in expressing meaning and shows how a literary and aesthetic discourse may evolve as children respond to these choices. Suggests how teachers can create a classroom context which will promote the fullest communication between a child and a picture book.(NH)
Descriptors: Art Expression, Childrens Literature, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Pictorial Stimuli, Picture Books, Reading Instruction, Verbal Development, Visual Learning
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Artistic Style; Picture Stories; Picture Text Relationship
Note: Themed Issue: Literary Discourse as a Way of Knowing.