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Extracts from “Artistic Allusions in Picturebooks” by Sandra L. Beckett, copyright © 2010, from New Directions in Picturebook Research, ed. Teresa Colomer, Bettina Kümerling-Meibauer, and Cecilia Silva-Díaz, reprinted by permission of Taylor and Francis Group, LLC, a division of Informa plc.
Extracts from “Artists' Books for a Cross-Audience” by Sandra L. Beckett, copyright © 2004, from Studies in Children's Literature 1500–2000, ed. Celia Keenan and Mary Shine Thompson, reprinted by permission of Four Courts Press.
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Beckett, Sandra L., 1953—
Crossover picturebooks : a genre for all ages / Sandra Beckett.
p. cm. — (Children's literature and culture ; 82)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Picture books. 2. Picture books—Publishing. 3. Picture books—
Bibliography. 4. Books and reading. I. Title.
Z1033.P52B43 2011
002—dc23
2011022878
ISBN13: 978-0-415-87230-0 (hbk)
ISBN13: 978-0-203-15403-8 (ebk)