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Consuming Books: Synergies of Materiality and Narrative in Picturebooks
- Children's Literature
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 40, 2012
- pp. 151-166
- 10.1353/chl.2012.0013
- Article
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This article explores the synergy of narrative and materiality possible in picture books. Authors like Emily Gravett and Lauren Child create reader-protagonists who, through their interactions with books as physical objects, perform the narrative. Such interactions underscore the values of the material book, particularly as digital publishing expands.