ENG 295 Week 2 Picture Books: The Importance of Illustration in Children’s Literature

This week’s focus is on foundations in children’s literature. Alphabets, chapbooks, and picture books are staples of children’s literature. This week you will identify key attributes of these different genres and explore their significance to the study of children’s literature. Explain the importance of illustration in these books, which is a key to these genres.

Create a 6- to 8-slide presentation with speaker notes where you explain the importance of illustration in literature for children. Address examples from two or three texts among our readings this week.

Include a description of the key attributes of children’s alphabooks, chapbooks, and picture books. These include line, color, textual effects, shapes, composition, and narrative quality of the images.

Note. Your presentation can take the form of a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, or you can use an alternate delivery method. These include:

• Pamphlet
• Video
• Online poster
• Prezi

Seek facilitator approval on your delivery method if you want to choose something other than PowerPoint.

Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.

Note: Students who are enrolled in the BA in English program may be required to use MLA formatting.

Review the CWE infomation about plagiarism and visit YouTube for more on avoiding plagiarism.  You must cite all sources for every assignment in this and every course.  Failure to cite sources may result in a Zero for the assignment, class failure and even may result in expulsion.  Cite all pictures uses as well.

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