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EJ638955 CS761882
Title: A Gorilla with "Grandpa's Eyes": How Children Interpret Visual Texts--A Case Study of Anthony Browne's "Zoo."
Author(s): Styles, Morag; Arizpe, Evelyn
Source: Children's Literature in Education, v32 n4 p261-81 Dec 2001
Publication Date: 2001
ISSN: 0045-6713
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJJUN2002
Explores the multilayered nature of a single picture book by Anthony Browne and the sophisticated responses (including their own pictures) children ages 4-11 bring to interpreting such a text. Suggests that some children who are not yet confident at reading print have developed impressive capacities for analyzing image. (SG)
Descriptors: Case Studies; *Childrens Art; *Childrens Literature; Elementary Education; Freehand Drawing; *Picture Books; Preschool
Education; *Student Reaction; *Visual Literacy
Identifiers: *Browne (Anthony); *Response to Literature
