A Contract with God 104
A Cultivated Wolf 207
A Trip to the Moon 109
A True Person 244
aborted foetuses 75, 76–80, 82–3, 90; how to draw 76–80
abstract language 128
abstract signs 156
adults: picturebooks for seepicturebooks for adults
adults’ thoughts on challenging and controversial picturebooks xliii–xlv
The Adventures of Tintin 104
aesthetic impulse 221
aesthetic response 197
age: and readers’ responses 7
Albert Åberg og soldatpappaen 84
“All-Kinds of Fur” 162
Allen, David 222
ambiguity 122, 123–4, 131, 135, 141
Amekan, Hassan 243
Amnesty International 246
Amulet Book One: The Stonekeeper 232
Anansi 151
Andersen, Hans Christian 11, 66, 278
Andersen Press 10, 263, 264, 269, 274, 282
anger 264
Ardizzone, Edward 66
Arizpe, E. 208
Arnal, Txabi 243
The Arrival 108, 232, 243, 246
art form: picturebooks as xliii, 20–3
Asterix the Gaul 104
audience: for controversial picturebooks 71, 74–5, 89–91
Babymouse: Queen of the World 232
Bacchilega, Christina 161
Badger’s Parting Gifts 272
bande dessinées 104
Banned Books Week 278
Baum, Frank L. 51
Bayard, Justine 60
Beauvoir, Simone de 28
Belloc, Hillaire 65
belonging 243
Bengtsson, N. 12
Benn, Gottfried 21
bereavement 115
Bergström, Gunilla 84
Bernheimer, Kate 51
Bible: meaning of names in 80
The Black Book of the Seven Deadly Sins 23–4
Black Wolf see Loup Noir
Blackwood, Basil Temple 65
Bluebeard 16–18, 52–3, 133–4; observational research on 125–33; see alsoCaptain Murderer
boat people 249
Bologna Children’s Book Fair 263, 280
books: kind you would want to read 28–9
B⊘rnenes bedemand (The Children’sUndertaker) 24, 75–6, 280
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas xxxvi
Briggs, Raymond 102, 103, 105–6
Br⊘gger, Lilian 24, 74, 75, 76; seealsoDe skœve smil
Brooks, Ron 15, 144, 146–7; see alsoFox
Brother Wolf of Gubbio 204
Brown, Margaret Wise 36
Bruyère, Xavier 59
Bully 14
Busch, Wilhelm 65
butterflies: as visual metaphor 137–9
Caja de Carton 243
Campagnaro, Marnie 17
cannibalism 13, 15–17, 51, 60, 62; in Captain Murderer134–5, 138
Captain Murderer (Capitan Omicidio) 133–40; kind of story 134–5; seeing and interpreting visual metaphors 135–40
Cardboard Box 243
Carraro, Alessandra 128
cautionary tales 160–1; picturebooks from 65–6
censorship 278–9; adult 7–8, 270–1; covert 10
challenging: but not controversial 18; differently 15–18; meaning xxvi–xxvii; what makes picturebook so xxviii–xxix, 11–15
challenging picturebooks: as art form xlv, 20–3
Charlotte’s Piggy Bank 274
Chez elle ou chez elle 66
childhood: conceptualizing through controversial text 174–5
childness: signs of 91
children: changed relations with adults 90; interaction with picturebooks 121; personal challenges 5–6; picturebooks as introduction to life for 66–8; shaping taste in picturebook choices 132–3
children’s thoughts on challenging and controversial picturebooks xxv–xl; choices of challenging picturebooks xxix–xxxv; meaning of challenging xxvi–xxvii; meaning of controversial xxvii; sorting and classifying challenging picturebooks xxviii; thoughts and responses xxxv–xl; what challenging picturebook is xxvii–xxviii; what challenging picturebooks are for xxviii; what makes picturebook challenging xxviii–xxix
The Children’s Undertaker 24, 75–6, 280
Cinderella 163
citizenship 245
Clarke, J.N. 229
class 42
classroom: fear and danger in 170–5; productive discussion in 240
Claverie, Jean 52
Clément, Claude 53
co-authoring role 213, 225, 226, 238–9
Colgan, Jenny 9
colour: in picturebooks xxviii–xxix, 164, 183–5
comics 101–4, 107, 114; picturebooks vs. 101, 109; terminology 102–4
Comics and Sequential Art 99–100
concentration camps xxxiv, xxxvi–xxxvii, xl, 7, 27
connotation 122; see alsovisual connotative language
controversial: meaning xxvii, xlv
controversiality 34
controversy: as in eye of beholder 33, 36; fear of 172–3; popularity and 36–7, 38–40; subject matter and 11
Cornell, G. 245
counter narratives 174
Cousseau, Alex 128
Coyote 151
crack cocaine 15
The Creation 18
critical perspective: viewing texts from 245–6
The Crooked Smiles see De skœve smil
crossover picturebooks 9, 72; audience for 71, 74–5, 89–91; complex 73, 74; existential 73–4; naïve 73, 74; Scandinavian 72–4
Crowther, Kitty 128
cultural frames 182–3, 187, 191, 198
Dahl, Roald 271
The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish 115–16
The Day the Crayons Quit 35, 37, 42, 45, 47
De skœve smil 24, 74, 75–83, 90; aborted foetuses in 75, 76–80, 82–3, 90; audience 81–3; and prenatal diagnosis 80–1; weeping mother in 82–3
The Dead Sleep 105
death: dealing with subject of 272
Delacroix, Sibylle 52
Delphi technique 125
dementia 61
Den sorte bog: om de syv dodssynder 23–4
Denmark: children’s picturebooks 11, 280; as nation without taboos 74; prenatal diagnostics 80–1
denotation 122; see alsovisual denotative language
Dentro me 128
Der Struwwelpeter 65
dialectical montage 109
Die Menschenfresserin 12–14, 62–3
Die Schopfung 18
digital age: principles 229
Dinosaurs in the Supermarket 35, 42, 43, 47
disclosure 123
Donaldson, Julia 35, 36, 37, 39–40, 44
Don’t Read This Book! 232
Dresang, E. 229
drugs 273
Duck, Death and the Tulip6, 21–2
Dupasquier, Philippe 282
Eco, Umberto 99
efferent stance 230
Egnéus, Daniel 203
Eisner, Will 101–2, 103, 104, 107
‘The Elephant’s Lullaby’ 76
emotional scripts 156
empathy 153, 154–7, 221, 239, 253, 257
Erlbruch, Wolf 8, 12–13, 18, 21–2, 62–3
Evans, Shane W. 244
exploratory talk 194, 198, 233–4, 236, 238, 239
Eye of the Wolf
207
Fairfield, Lesley 105
fairy tale picturebooks: broaching dark and difficult subjects in 53–60
‘Fairy Tale Salad’ 212
fairy tales: challenging 50–3; women authors 161–2; see alsotraditional tales
faith 234
fear: of controversy 172–3; creation 183, 185; student teachers’ concerns 171–2; wolves as representation of 205
The Female Cannibal see Die Menschenfresserin
Fenrir 204
Flotsam 232
Flugge, Klaus 10, 263–83; on Alzheimer’s disease 272, 273; awards 263; on bedtime stories 271; biographical information 263; on censorship 270–1, 278–9; on dealing with subject of death 272; definition of challenging/controversial picturebook 264–7; on demanding books 274–6; on foreign books 279–80; on humour 267; interest in picturebooks 264; on libraries 268–9, 280–1; on taboo subjects 273; on text–image relationship 278
flying: as leitmotif 150
Forestier, Isabelle 53
Fox 15, 144–57; animal characters in 148–51, 157; artwork 145–8; emotion and empathy in 153–7; Fox character as trickster and deceiver 151–3; moral themes 153; plot 145; typography 147
France, bande dessinées 104
Francis of Assisi, St 204
Frisch, Aaron 162; see alsoGirl in Red
Frog and the Birdsong 272
fusion texts 97–102, 107–18, 163; as complex and challenging multimodal texts 109–11; of Dave McKean 110–14; for implied child audience 114–17; moving to 101–2; as new kid on the block 107–8, 117–18; seduction in 98–9
Gaarder, Jostein 72
Gadamer, H.G. 123
Gaiman, Neil xxxii–xxxiii, 98, 110, 111, 115–17
gap-filling 209, 225–40, 267; through small group discussions 233–8; see alsoRed Tree
Garmanns sommer 74
Garrett, Jeff 98
Gee, J.P. 182
gender 42–3, 175, 207; ideologies about 161–2
Gentleman Jim 103
Gibson, Mel 104
Gill, Rosaling 166
The Girl in Red 55, 162–75, 205; age of audience 169; danger in the woods 167–9; further into the wood 166–7; into the woods/city 164–6; reviews 168–9; student teachers’ response 170–5; wolf in 205
G⊘ksoyr, Marthe Wexelsen 81
Gombrich, E.H. 123
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site 35, 42, 45
Goodnight Moon 36
Gorey, Edward 65
Grandfather’s Journey 243
Grantford, Jacqui 244
graphic novels 101–3, 104–6, 107; audience 104–6; picturebooks vs. 106–7, 109; subject matter 104–6; terminology 102–3, 104
Gravett, Emily 208, 209, 213, 221; see alsoWolves
Gravett, Paul 111
Grimm Brothers (Wilhelm and Jacob) 11–12, 50–2, 66, 278; Hansel andGretel15, 131–2; Little Red RidingHood54, 56–7, 130, 163, 168, 203, 278; revision of collection 161; Tales for Young and Old134
Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner 208–9, 215–22; exploring children’s responses to 215–18; reflections on reading process 221–2; rereading 219–21
Guilloppé, Antoine 183–7, 198; see alsoLoup Noir
Hansel and Gretel
15–16; observational research on 125–33
Harlin Quist 66
Harris, Daniel 46
hermeneutic impulse 221
hermeneutic involvement 123, 129, 132
hiddenness 123
Hofman, Wim 56
Hollindale, Peter 91, 202, 222
holocaust xxxiv, 7, 27, 105, 163
Holzwarth, Werner 63
Home and Away 110, 244, 246–58; audience 252–3; awards 246; ‘big’ questions 252–3; conclusions 258; critical thoughts, responses and discussions 254–7; first reading responses 250–2; mixed media illustrations 248; pre-reading responses 249–50; setting 248–9; written responses 257
Home of the Brave 243
homosexuality 279
Hornsby, D. 188
Hourihan, M. 204
Huck, Charlotte 162
Hughes, David 14
humour 267; and challenge 18, 267
Hyman, Trina Schart 54
identification 155
illustrated envelopes 282, 283
The Illustration Cupboard 274
illustrations: and challenge 11–12, 15–18
Imagine 123
immigration 245–6, 254–6; see alsomigration
implied reader 209
implied viewer 215
impulses: guiding responses to picturebooks 221–2
In Me 128
Innocenti, Roberto 55, 162–3; see alsoGirl in Red
insularity 279
internet: perils of using 267–8
interpretations: negotiating 194–5; using illustrations to support 195–6
intolerance 276
The Invention of Hugo Cabret 109
invisibility 88
Iris (Greek goddess) 137
iris: as visual metaphor 135–7
Italian Flavour
244
Japan: manga texts 104
Jauss, H.R. 183
Jeffers, Oliver 243
John Chatterton détective 57, 58
Joiret, Patricia 59
jokes 152
Juan, Ana 56
The Jungle Book 204
K, Oscar 4, 23–7, 66, 74–5, 91, 280; webpage 81; see alsoDe skœve smil
Kafka, Franz 29
Karrebæk, Dorte 23–7, 66, 75, 91, 280
Keeping, Charles 264
Kelly, John 208, 215; see also Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner
Kierkegaard, Ole Lund 74
Kitamura, Satoshi 264–5, 282, 283
Klee, Paul 273
Korea: Manhwa 104
Krigen 74, 83, 84–9, 90; audience 88
Kvium, Michael 23
Lakoff, G. 182
language: as source of play 218
Lapointe, Claude 66
Le Sourire qui mord 63
The Legend of Lightning Larry 35–6
Leray, Marjane 162
lessons: implied in stories 38
The Lion and the Unicorn 271
literary boundary crossing 71–2
literary characters 155–6; taxonomy of 148
literature circles 208
Little Blue and Little Yellow 128
Little Evie in the Wild Wood 207
Little Red: A Fizzingly Good Yarn 206–7
Little Red Hood 206
Little Red Riding Hood 52, 53–60, 64, 130, 162, 163–4, 166, 168, 203–4, 278; modern reversions 207; observational research on 125–33; see alsoGirl in Red
Llama Llama and the Bully Goat 35, 41, 43–4, 46–7
Lobel, Anita 162
Loe, Erlend 73
L⊘gstrup, Knud E. 89
loneliness 150, 154, 155, 157, 234, 239
Lord, John Vernon 264
Losa, Valerie 244
loss 243
Lost and Found 243
Loup Noir 183–99; children’s final stories 198–9; children’s first encounters 189–93; children’s written responses 193–4; contextualising research 187–8; description 183–7; entertaining spontaneous responses 196–7; negotiating interpretations 194–5; preparing for research 188; research conclusions 197–8; research procedure 188–9; using illustrations to support interpretations 195–6
Love You Forever 36
Lovely Old Lion 273
Lukehart, Wendy 169
lupophobia 202
lying 152
Ma Peau d’Âne 53
McKean, Dave xxxii–xxxiii, 97, 98–9, 109, 110–17
McKee, David 10, 263, 264, 273, 274–7, 282–3
manga texts 104
Manhwa 104
Marin, Gabiann 244
Marsden, John xxxi–xxxii, 110, 244; see also Home and Away
Mateos, Miriana Chiesa 244
maturity 7
Maus 105
Max and Moritz 65
Mech, L. David 222
Media Vaca 50
Meek, Margaret 218
melancholia 206
Melies, Georges 109
Melrick the Magician 274
Messenger, Norman 123
metaphor 152, 218, 225, 226, 238
Michaelides, F. 98, 100, 109, 114, 116, 117
Migrando 244
migrants 244–5, 248, 254–5; definition 244
Migrating 244
migration 243–58; children’s concluding thoughts on 258; definition 244; picturebooks dealing with 243–4; see also Home and Away
Miller, David 243
Mina je t’aime 59
miscegenation 43
Morti di Sonno 105
mosaic art 114
Mouse, Bird, Snake, Wolf 114–15
multimodal texts: picturebooks as 226–7
multimodality 231
Munsch, Robert 36
My Donkeyskin 53
names: meaning of 80
Narcissus 150
Nasreddin Hodcha 151
Negrin, Fabian 17–18, 133, 134–40
Nel, Philip 106
Ngai, Sianne 46
Nikolajeva, Maria 8, 148–9, 209
Nodelman, Perry: on children and mature thought 8; on colour in picturebooks 164; on comics vs. picturebooks 106, 114; on controversial picturebook characteristics 5; on implied viewer 215; on picturebooks and art 21; on qualitative reader response research xxxiv–xxxv; on wordless picturebooks 182, 187
non-human characters 148
Norse mythology 204
Norway: children’s literature 72; children’s picturebooks 11; divorce in 84; prenatal diagnostics 81; purchasing system 72; school system 72–3, 81; view of children in 72–3
Not Now Bernard 264, 266–7, 274
nursery rhymes 49–50, 60, 64–5
Nurse’s Stories 134
Nyhus, Kaia Dahle 74, 83, 84–9
observational research on visual explorations 124–33; children’s preferences 131–3; children’s responses to books 129–31; findings 129–33; phases 128–9; structure 125–7
Olsen, Ib Spang 74
Ommundsen, Åse Marie 9
Ommundsen, W. 245
One Scary Night 187, 193; see also Loup Noir
op de Beeck, Natalie 106
Ottley, Matt 109, 110, 244; see also Home and Away
Panaou, P. 98, 100, 109, 114, 116, 117
Pennac, D. 207
perception: constructivist theory of 123
Perrault, Charles 50, 52–5, 60–1, 161, 163; Bluebeard16, 52–3, 133; Little Red Riding Hood52, 54, 55, 162, 163–4, 168, 203
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood 105
personal challenges: children’s 5–6; and picturebook themes 6–7
personal impulse 221
perspectives: use 186
Pete the Cat and the Magic Sunglasses 35, 38, 41, 43, 46
Peter and the Wolf 202
Piccolo blu e piccolo giallo 128
Pierre l’ébouriffé 66
Pip and Posy: The Super Scooter 35, 39, 42, 43–4
polar bears 191
popularity: and controversy 36–7, 38–40
pornography: visual codes of 166–7
“pornosphere” 166
Portugal: education system 188
postmodern picturebooks 108
Postmodernism 229
powerlessness: desirability of 46–7
Princess Furball 162
Prokofiev, Sergei 202
Pullman, Philip 104
Rabbit 151
The Rabbits 244
racism 276
Radical Change theory 229
reader response theory 183, 209
readerly texts 226
reading process: of primary school child 124
The Red Tree 15, 225–40; appropriateness for children 229; contextualising research 231; description 227–8; discussion of research outcomes 238–9; reading, talking and writing about 232–3; situating research 230–1; small group discussions 233–9; teaching unit overview 232
Refugees (David Miller) 243
refugees 244–5, 248–9, 254, 256; definition 244
religion 74
Renaud, Catherine 74
representation: visual modes of 122, 141; see alsovisual connotative language; visual denotative language
Requiem for a Beast 110
Reviati, David 105
Reynard the Fox 151
Reynolds, K. 239
Re-zoom 232
riddles 140
Rodari, Gianni 212
Room on the Broom 35, 36, 37, 40, 46, 47
Rose, Jacqueline 47
Rosen, Michael 271
Rosenblatt, Louise 208, 230, 231
Ross, Tony 264, 267, 269–70, 272, 278, 282
Rossi, Leena-Maija 167
Runaway Bunny 36
Rupert Bear 104
The Sad Story of Veronica Who Played the Violin 274
The Story of Grandmother 206
The Story of the Three Little Pigs
205–6, 215
Styles, M. 208
Salisbury, Martin 281
Sandman series 110
Sandre, Didier 60
Sapore Italiano 244
Satrapi, Marjane 105
The Savage 115
Say, Allen, 243
Scandinavian crossover picturebooks 72–4
Scheffler, Axel 35, 36, 39–40, 44
schemata 156
Schwarcz, J. 123
Schwarz, Lew 264
seduction 98–9, 144, 150–1, 152
Selznick, Brian 109
Sendak, Maurice 39, 51–2, 64–5, 67–8; on adult censorship 7; banned picturebooks 278; on fairy tales 161; on Grimms’ tales 66
separation 243
sex: in fairy tales 12, 53–4, 56–60
sexual abuse 53–4, 162, 164, 167–8
sexuality: in fairy tales 160; in picturebooks 163–9, 170–2, 174–5
Shavit, Zohar 90
Shepherd, Aaron 35
Shrek 61
Sipe, Lawrence 197, 213, 219, 221
Skim 105
skrabud 77
Slog’s Dad 115
The Snail and the Whale 35, 40, 42, 43, 44, 46
Snill 88
“Snow White” 56
Snowhite 56
social semiotics 231
sociocultural theory 230–1, 239
Sophie’s World 72
Speigelman, Art 105
spirituality 74
stereotypes: in children’s choices of visual mode of representation 130
sticker books 36
storybook picture walk 189
“The Story of Grandmother” 60
The Story of the Little Mole who Knew It Was None of His Business 18, 19
The Story of Peppa Pig 35, 40, 41, 42, 43–4
“striptease culture” 166
subject matter: and controversy 11
Superworm 35, 40, 42, 44, 46, 47
surrealism 99
The Sweetest Fig xxxii
symbolic language 128
symbolism xxxvi, 65, 213, 225, 236
sympathy 155
taboo subjects 12–15, 273; depiction 10, 73
Tadpole’s Promise 265–6, 269–70
Tales for Young and Old 134
Tamaki, Jillian 105
Tamaki, Mariko 105
Tan, Shaun: fusion texts 109; on graphic novels 103; on his artwork 225, 229; on life of migrant 246; on narrative illustration 117–18; picturebooks 15, 22, 227, 243, 244; on work of illustrator 108; see also Arrival; Red Tree
teachers: and challenging picturebooks in the classroom 170–5; self-censorship 170
text–image relationship 106, 116, 122, 278
textual gap 183
Theory of Mind (ToM) 152, 153, 154
Three Monsters 274
Till Eugenspiegel 151
Tincknell, Cathy 208, 215; see also Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner
To af alting 89
tolerance 45
Tolkien, J.R.R. 67
ToM seeTheory of Mind
Traavik, Ingjerd 83
traditional tales: heritage of 63–5; see alsocautionary tales; fairy tales
The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch 110, 111, 112–13
transmediation 219
triangular relationship 145, 146, 149, 156
Trimmer, Sarah 51
Two Can Toucan 274
Two of Everything 89
Two Monsters 274
Tyranny: I Keep You Thin
105
udskrab 77
Un petit chaperon rouge 53
The Uncommercial Traveller 134
uncontroversial books 34–5; characters 41–5; shared characteristics 37–8; what lies beneath 40–1
unconventional picturebooks: content 229–30
Underground: Fighting the Light to Freedom 244
Unites States: censorship 279
Universal Declaration of Human Rights 246, 258
Valentinis, Pia 130
Van Allsburg, Chris xxxii
Velthuijs, Max 263, 272, 279, 282
The Very Hungry Caterpillar 36
Vietnam 248
violence 12–15, 276–8; in fairy tales 12, 160, 203; in picturebooks 12–14, 162, 163–9, 171–2, 175, 250
Violent Cases 110
Virginia Wolf 206
visual connotative language 122, 130, 131; fairy tale picturebooks using 127
visual cultural conditioning 130, 141
visual denotative language 122, 130–1; fairy tale picturebooks using 126–7
visual metaphors: seeing and interpreting 135–40, 235
visual texts: potential of 123
Voices in the Park 232
Vous oubliez votre cheval 64
Vygotsky, L. 231
Wachs, Pierre 64
Walk with a Wolf 207
The War 74, 83, 84–9, 90; audience 88
war 84–5, 105, 110; divorce paralleled as 86–9; family and 257; migration from seemigration
Watcher, F.K. 18
We Are All Born Free: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Pictures 258
We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy 64–5, 68
Where the Wild Things Are 39, 67, 206
Wild, Margaret 15, 144, 146, 157; see alsoFox
willpower 206
Wing Jan, L. 188
The Wolf 205
Wolf Brother 204
Wolfenbarger, C.D. 221
The Wolf’s Story 205
Wolves (Emily Gravett) 208–15, 221–2; alternative ending 213–15; ending 212–13; exploring children’s responses to 209–15; reflections on reading process 221–2
wolves 18, 201–22; aims and approaches to research 207–8; in contemporary picturebooks 205–7; deconstructing in children’s literature 204–5; evolution 202; in fables 203; gender 207; history in children’s literature 203–4; reflections on children’s interpretations 221–2; reformed 206–7; stereotypes 191, 201–2, 203, 211; see also Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner; Loup Noir; Wolves (Emily Gravett)
The Wolves in the Walls xxxii–xxxiii, 98–101, 115, 116
Woolf, Virginia 206
wordless picturebooks 181–99; almost 181; definition 181; editorial introductions 184; false 181; interpreting 182–3; titles 181, 182, 186, 187, 193–4; see also Loup Noir
writerly texts 226–7; picturebooks as 226–7
writing: value in reflection 188
Wroe, Nicholas 105
You are forgetting your horse
64
Zipes, Jack 203