LL ED462 - The Art of the Picturebook

Summer 2013, Section 001 - 3.0 Credits
Schedule Number 149593

Important Dates

Reg Period: 2/4/2013 - 6/15/2013
First Day of Class: 6/12/2013
End of Class: 7/24/2013

Course Description

An in-depth study of picturebooks as art objects providing aesthetic experiences and contributing to our aesthetic development in literacy education.

Strong writing skills are recommended for this course. If English is not your native language, it is important that you read additional information regarding English language proficiency before registering for this course.

Prerequisites

ENGL 015 and 5th semester standing or higher

Sample Course Syllabus

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Costs and Fees

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Remarks

Students must have completed 60 undergraduate credits to register for this course.  For students who plan to graduate this semester, please communicate your intent to graduate to your instructor.  This will alert your instructor to the need to submit your final grade in time to meet the published graduation deadlines.  You are welcome to obtain the required texts from sources other than MBS (like Amazon, Barnes & Noble, your local library, etc.)

There is one pair of readings below; you are required to read one selection from the pairing:

1. Reading Contemporary Picture Books: Picturing Text (ISBN: 978-0415208871) OR Children's Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling (ISBN: 978-1856697385)
   
   

 

 

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Material Requirements

Your course materials are listed below. Textbooks can be acquired from any number of textbook sellers. If you wish, you may purchase your books from the sources listed below. The information displayed is provided pursuant to the U.S. Higher Education Opportunity Act.

Material Title	Edition	Author	ISBN	Source
Picture This: How Pictures Work		Bang, M.	9781587170300	MBS
Rosie's Walk		Hutchins, P.	9780020437505	MBS
Snow White in New York		French, F.	9780192722102	MBS
When Sheep Cannot Sleep		Kitamura, S.	9780374483593	MBS
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf		Scieszka, J.	9780140544510	MBS
Where the Wild Things Are		Sendak, M.	9780064431781	MBS
Reading Contemporary Picture Books: Picturing Text		Lewis, D.	9780415208871	MBS
Uptown		Collier, B.	9780805073997	MBS
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs		R. Jarrell	9780374468682	MBS
1,2,3 to the Zoo		Carle, E.	9780698116450	MBS
The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales		Scieszka	9780670844876	MBS
Chato and the Party Animals		Soto, G.	9780142400326	MBS
What Pete Ate from A-Z: Where We Explore The English Alphabet (In Its Entir		Kalman, M.	9780142501597	MBS
Looking at Pictures in Picture Books		Doonan, J.	9780903355407	MBS
To Dance: A Ballerina's Graphic Novel		S. Siegel	9781416926870	MBS
American Born Chinese (optional)		G. L. Yang	9781596431522	MBS
Come Away from the Water, Shirley		John Burningham	9780099899402	MBS
Artist to Artist		Eric Carle	9780399246005	MBS
Children's Picturebooks: The Art of Visual Storytelling		Salisbury, Martin	9781856697385	MBS

Technical Requirements

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Software Requirements

Requires: Students will need to have Microsoft Word 2003 or higher and the current version of Adobe Reader and Flash Player. If you do not have these software packages, the current versions may be purchased at Journey Ed (www.journeyed.com) or a vendor of your choice.

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