critical analysis of visual text in children literature
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A11
Mer
ged
fant
asy
and
real
ity
to
allo
w th
e re
ader
s to
see
wha
t th
e ch
arac
ter
is d
oing
and
th
inki
ng
Dif
fere
nt f
ont s
izes
are
use
d.
Sm
alle
r fo
nt is
use
d to
nar
rate
the
boy’
s im
agin
atio
n an
d a
bigg
er
font
is u
sed
to s
how
that
it is
in
real
ity
Imag
es o
f m
an, w
omen
and
ch
ild
show
s th
e au
thor
’s
neut
ral p
refe
renc
e to
war
ds
both
gen
der.
Hum
or in
illu
stra
tion
. The
din
osau
r an
d li
on a
re n
ot r
elev
ant t
o th
e pi
ctur
e, b
ut it
ser
ves
as a
bas
is to
pr
ompt
rea
ders
to th
ink
crit
ical
ly
The
hil
ls a
nd s
heep
de
pict
s N
ew
Zea
land
set
ting
and
cu
ltur
e w
hich
giv
es
the
read
er a
con
text
w
hich
they
are
fa
mil
iar
wit
h
Var
ied
synt
acti
c pa
tter
n ca
n m
otiv
ate
and
chal
leng
e th
e re
ader
s
The
il
lust
rati
on
are
elab
orat
e an
d de
tail
ed
to g
ive
the
read
ers’
ex
tra
The
boy
’s im
agin
atio
n is
dra
wn
in tw
o pa
ges
whi
ch
show
s th
at g
reat
er e
mph
asis
is g
iven
on
imag
inat
ion.
T
his
open
s up
rea
der’
s im
agin
ativ
e m
ind
and
help
them
to
thin
k cr
eati
vely
too.
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