Exploring books for children: words and pictures
OpenLearn Review
Location
Online(Course Link)
Dates
On Demand
Course Categories
Humanities and ARTS
Certficate
Yes()
Language
English
Course Fees
FreeNo. of Attendant
Unlimited
Acquired Skills/Covered Subjects
- understand how images communicate meanings to the readers of children’s books,understand the role of cultural knowledge in making sense of images,understand how words and pictures can reinforce or contradict one another in a text, with interesting results,recognise the work of some famous illustrators for children
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Many people have fond memories of the stories they encountered in childhood, perhaps especially of those wonderful picture books and illustrated tales which fired our young imaginations and transported us to magical worlds. To an adult’s eye, some picture books may seem remarkably simple, even oversimplified. However, in this free course, Exploring books for children: words and pictures, you will learn how children’s books use words and pictures together in remarkably sophisticated ways to communicate both to young and older readers, drawing on examples from the classics, such as Beatrix Potter’s Tales of Peter Rabbit, and from contemporary children’s authors such as Anthony Browne, author of Gorilla.
