All in a Flap About Reading: Catherine Morland, Spot, and Mister Wolf

Author: Smith V.

Source: Children's Literature in Education, Volume 32, Number 3, September 2001 , pp. 225-236(12)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

Lift-the-flap books comprise a popular sub-genre of children's literature but attract very little critical attention. This article attempts to redress this imbalance by suggesting the following: (1) that lift-the-flap books provide useful lessons in reading both literature and pictures for the young reader, (2) that a grammar of lift-the-flap books can be postulated to facilitate their description and discussion, and (3) that the best lift-the-flap books are entertaining postmodern texts, well deserving of critical attention.

Keywords: lift-the-flap books; lessons in narrative; anticipation and satisfaction; reader as risk taker; postmodernism

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Rolle School of Education, University of Plymouth

Publication date: 2001-09-01

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