Playfulness in e picturebooks how the element of play manifests in transmediated and born digital picturebook apps
ii Preface iv Table of Contents .v List of Tables viii List of Figures ix Acknowledgements xii Dedication xiii Chapter 1: Introduction 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Origins of my interest 1 1.3 Topic statement 2 1.4 Research questions 3 1.5 Relevance of this study 4 1.6 Constructs: from picturebook to picturebook app 6 1.7 Summary 13 Chapter 2: Literature Review 15 2.1 Introduction 15 2.2 Picturebook theory 15 2.3 Playfulness and the picturebook 25 2.4 Multimodality and children's literature 36 2.5 Summary 56 Chapter 3: Methodology 57 vi 3.1 Introduction 57 3.2 Theoretical framework 57 3.3 Rationale for selection of primary texts 60 3.4 Close reading of digital texts 64 3.5 Summary 66 Chapter 4: Findings: Close Readings of Eight Picturebook Apps 67 4.1 Introduction 67 4.2 What Does My Teddy Bear Do All Day? by Bruno Hachler and Birte Muller 67 4.3 Lil' Red by Bart Blocmen and Brian Main 75 4.4 The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone and Michael Smollin 82 4.5 Don't Let the Pigeon Run This App! by Mo Willems and You 88 4.6 The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers 94 4.7 The Three Little Pigs by Nosy Crow 101 4.8 The Trip Little Critter Reading Adventure by Mercer Mayer 109 4.9 Little Red Riding Hood by Nosy Crow 114 4.10 Summary 121 Chapter 5: Discussion: Playfulness in Picturebook Apps 122 5.1 Introduction 122 5.2 Playfulness through the interanimation among modes 122 5.3 Playfulness through metafiction 138 5.4 Playfulness through performance 150 5.5 How this discussion addresses my research questions 169 5.6 Summary 171 vii Chapter 6: Conclusion 173 6.1 Introduction 173 6.2 Research contributions 173 6.3 Contributions to the design of picturebook apps 175 6.4 Implications for the mediators of children's literature 178 6.5 Limitations 181 6.6 Recommendations for future research 182 6.7 Summary 184 References .185 Primary texts 185 Secondary texts 186 Children's literature cited 195 Online resources consulted for picturebook app selections 195 Appendix: Screen references .197