{"title":"Reviewing the Multifaceted Complexity and Potential of Wordless Picturebooks","authors":"Sylvia Pantaleo","doi":"10.1353/bkb.2023.0020","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The nature of wordless and almost wordless picturebooks requires heightened engagement in sophisticated visual semiotic work by readers. Subjects addressed in this review of the literature include delimiting the format of wordless picturebooks, considering the multifaceted demands of wordless picturebooks on readers, and examining research findings on student transactions with and adult mediation of wordless picturebooks.","PeriodicalId":42208,"journal":{"name":"Bookbird-A Journal of International Childrens Literature","volume":"61 1","pages":"15 - 25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Bookbird-A Journal of International Childrens Literature","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2023.0020","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LITERATURE","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:The nature of wordless and almost wordless picturebooks requires heightened engagement in sophisticated visual semiotic work by readers. Subjects addressed in this review of the literature include delimiting the format of wordless picturebooks, considering the multifaceted demands of wordless picturebooks on readers, and examining research findings on student transactions with and adult mediation of wordless picturebooks.