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Chaperoning Words: Meaning-Making in Comics and Picture Books
- Children's Literature
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 41, 2013
- pp. 57-90
- 10.1353/chl.2013.0012
- Article
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Understanding who chaperones the words as they narrow the meaning of images offers a reliable theory for distinguishing between two otherwise fundamentally similar kinds of books: comics and picture books. The resulting distinction helps explain the form, history, and ideological implications of comics and picture books.