The Routledge Companion To Picturebooks

<P>Containing forty-eight chapters, <I>The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks </I>is the ultimate guide to picturebooks. It contains a detailed introduction, surveying the history and<I></I>development of the field and emphasizing the international and cultural diversity of picturebooks.<I></I>Divided into five key parts, this volume covers: </P><br/><br/><UL><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Concepts and topics ¿ from hybridity and ideology to metafiction and emotions; </LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Genres ¿ from baby books through to picturebooks for adults; </LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Interfaces ¿ their<I></I>relations to other forms such as comics and visual media; </LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Domains and theoretical approaches, including developmental psychology and cognitive studies; </LI><br/><br/><P></P><br/><br/><P><br/><br/><LI>Adaptations. </LI><br/><br/><P></P></UL><br/><br/><P>With ground-breaking contributions from