eng/295 Week 2.pp
Picture Books: The Importance of Illustration in Children’s Literature
Charlotte Huck’s Children’s Literature, Ch. 3: Picturebooks
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This week's focus is on foundations in children's literature. Alphabets, chapbooks, and picture books are staples of children's literature. This week you will identify key attributes of these different genres and explore their significance to the study of children's literature. Explain the importance of illustration in these books, which is a key to these genres.
Create a 6- to 8-slide presentation with speaker notes (and at least 1 relevent picture per slide to illustrate your points) where you explain the importance of illustration in literature for children. Address examples from two or three texts among our readings this week.
Include a description of the key attributes of children's alphabooks, chapbooks, and picture books. These include line, color, textual effects, shapes, composition, and narrative quality of the images.
Use at least 2 recommended readings and at least 2 course reserve articles and Charlotte Huck’s Children’s Literature, Ch. 3: Picturebooks to complete this assignment in this course. Do not use outside sources.
5 Sources below must be used and cited
1. https://youtu.be/Gyk55GYnGl0 (recommended readings #1) copy and paste in web browser to watch video
2. https://youtu.be/vkYmvxP0AJI (recommended readings #2) copy and paste in web browser
to watch video
4."The Role of Illustrations During Children's Reading" by Karen M. Feathers and Poonam Arya (course reserve articles) See Attached
5. Charlotte Huck’s Children’s Literature, Ch. 3: Picturebooks
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