"Always Looking"
Creative nonfiction picture books for children and the historical value of the genre
Grounds, Julia
Honours
2022
MacDonald, Ed
Bachelor of Arts
Faculty of Arts. Honours in History.
History
University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, PE
I have always loved picture books. Besides chapter books that my mother read to me, complete with illustrations she let me linger over before she turned the page, the first chapter book I loved was C. S. Lewis’s children’s classic The Magician’s Nephew. I read it because the edition I found was much like a picture book: while searching the public library for something a bit more mature than Bread and Jam for Frances, I picked up a book with lavish, full-page illustrations. After reading The Show moreI have always loved picture books. Besides chapter books that my mother read to me, complete with illustrations she let me linger over before she turned the page, the first chapter book I loved was C. S. Lewis’s children’s classic The Magician’s Nephew. I read it because the edition I found was much like a picture book: while searching the public library for something a bit more mature than Bread and Jam for Frances, I picked up a book with lavish, full-page illustrations. After reading The Magician’s Nephew I read mostly books without illustrations, but during high school I still sometimes dropped by the library just to borrow some well-illustrated picture books. Show less
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