Picture Books

Today in class we began our study of children's picture books. At first I did not think I would enjoy this part of the class because picture books seem so elementary and bring. However, I learned that there is alot more behind picture books than what meets the eye. I found it interesting that in order for it to be a "true" picture books, the illustrations must not onle coincide with the story, but also help develop the plot. An example of this would be in the book "Rosie's Walk" that Dr. R read to us in class. Although most picture book plots are relatively simple to follow, sometimes there are hidden meanings such as in the Dr. Seuss series; but I will talk about this in another journal entry!