Learning to Read Text and Images
When we think of children’s literature, our minds naturally go to the picture book. You may have fond memories of beautiful illustrations, the textures of the physical book, or the interplay of words and images. You may recall the experience of being in a classroom and waiting to get a clear view of the picture when a teacher read aloud. Maybe you’ve read a particular story repeatedly to a child in your life, and you have every image memorized in addition to the text.
Picture books come in many varieties and for ages from 0-100. They can have text or no text. They can be created in any artistic medium. Whenever we read a picture book, we are reading the images just as much as any text. Just as we learn to read words, we also learn to read images.
In this module, we will first look at materials used with children in the past and today to teach literacy. Then you’ll explore how we also read illustrations and more of the evolution of the picture book.
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