EDU 570 Picture Storybooks

The purpose of this course is to familiarize participants with the visual elements used in illustration and the story elements used in stories, and to explore the ways that these are linked in 19th and 20th century children's picture storybooks. Focus will be on the media, style, and use of the visual elements and how these are employed in relation to the era, genre, mood, story structure, and cultural realities of the stories portrayed. Applications will be made to guiding the development of visual literacy, concept of story, and aesthetic response to picture storybooks in children grades Pre-K-6. Offered occasionally. (1 credit)