This article explores a variety of contemporary picturebooks that offer the picturebook as an object of construction, as a character, and as portals to other narrative levels. These metafictive devices break the traditional boundaries between fictional and real worlds by involving the reader in the narrative, talking to them directly, and requiring them to actively participate in the construction of the narrative. In addition, we offer some ways these picturebooks may be integrated into the elementary reading curriculum.
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- Books In/As/Through Books
- Serafini, Frank (Author)
- Tompkins, Felicia (Author)
- Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College (Contributor)
- Digital object identifier: 10.1002/trtr.1324
- Identifier TypeInternational standard serial numberIdentifier Value1936-2714
- This is the peer reviewed version of the article, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/trtr.1324, opens in a new window
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Serafini, Frank, & Tompkins, Felicia (2015). BOOKS IN/AS/THROUGH BOOKS. READING TEACHER, 68(5), 344-346. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/trtr.1324