“Once upon a time…” and the journey back to wonderland : An experiment in redefining the form and function of children's books.

Illustration is commonly considered as visual essay: presenting pictorial components to substitute, to clarify, to enhance or to depict some specific written content. Within children’s books, illustrations might be used for telling stories, teaching, entertaining, directing, etc. Although children...

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Main Author: Tran, Ngoc Viet Tu.
Other Authors: Jesvin Yeo Puay Hwa
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15361
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Illustration is commonly considered as visual essay: presenting pictorial components to substitute, to clarify, to enhance or to depict some specific written content. Within children’s books, illustrations might be used for telling stories, teaching, entertaining, directing, etc. Although children’s books are provided in a great variety of styles and media, the essentially one-way approach (from author to child) remains the norm.