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LEADER: 02043nam a22003258a 4500
001 2011022878
003 DLC
005 20110628125249.0
008 110610s2011 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011022878
020 $a9780415872300
040 $aDLC$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aZ1033.P52$bB43 2011
082 00 $a002$223
084 $aLIT009000$aLIT000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aBeckett, Sandra L.,$d1953-
245 10 $aCrossover picturebooks :$ba genre for all ages /$cSandra Beckett.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bRoutledge,$c2011.
263 $a1110
300 $ap. cm.
490 0 $aChildren's literature and culture ;$v82
520 $a"Although crossover fiction is now recognized as a distinct literary genre and marketing category by critics, publishers, booksellers, writers, and readers, the term "crossover" is generally used in a very narrow sense for children's and young adult novels read by adults. Picturebooks that cross from young readers to an adult audience have been overlooked, despite the fact that picturebooks, more than any other genre, can genuinely be books for all ages, and indeed, many contemporary picturebooks deny and defy publishers' often very age-specific categories of readers. This study will examine an international corpus of contemporary picturebooks--including artists' books, celebrity picturebooks, and others-- that appeal to readers of all ages. A wide selection of picturebooks in many languages from around the globe will be analyzed. The study will focus on contemporary picturebooks, with emphasis on those published since 1990, but important earlier examples will also be mentioned to provide a historical context"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aPicture books.
650 0 $aPicture books$xPublishing.
650 0 $aPicture books$vBibliography.
650 0 $aBooks and reading.
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / Children's Literature.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / General.$2bisacsh