The Picture book - text and image in interaction. A study of Tove Jansson's picturebook: The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little MyThis study examines Tove Jansson's Picture book The Book About Moomin, Mymbleand Little My, to show relationships between text and image in the narration of thestory. This is done through an analysis based on Ulla Rhedins dissertation The picturebook - towards a theory where the conclusion is that the Picture book as book mediumcan be divided in three different picture concepts. The various concepts are; the epicPicture book, the expanding text as well as the genuine Picture book. This study hasperformed a text and image analysis showing that the image colors, the differentspreads, landscape scenes and characters' placement, et cetera play a role in placingthe Picture book in its concept.Tove Jansson used more than text and image to work out the story of theMoomintroll, Mymble and Little My, there are holes in the Picture book that have animportant role, which the analysis will show.

The Picture book - text and image in interaction. A study of Tove Jansson's picturebook: The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little MyThis study examines Tove Jansson's Picture book The Book About Moomin, Mymbleand Little My, to show relationships between text and image in the narration of thestory. This is done through an analysis based on Ulla Rhedins dissertation The picturebook - towards a theory where the conclusion is that the Picture book as book mediumcan be divided in three different picture concepts. The various concepts are; the epicPicture book, the expanding text as well as the genuine Picture book. This study hasperformed a text and image analysis showing that the image colors, the differentspreads, landscape scenes and characters' placement, et cetera play a role in placingthe Picture book in its concept.Tove Jansson used more than text and image to work out the story of theMoomintroll, Mymble and Little My, there are holes in the Picture book that have animportant role, which the analysis will show.

Many people believe that the analogue Picture book is a dying media due to the increase of digital media. Contrary to popular belief, the publishing of children?s book in Sweden is continually increasing, which makes mapping the field quite significant. But to regulate the creation of a children?s Picture book is problematic, because one does not want to impede the personal style of the writer or the illustrator of the children?s book.If the children?s book creator has an understanding of how to better communicate with children, the children?s book might have a grater impact on the child.

The aim of this masters thesis is to examine the Picture book canonization process in pre-schools. To succeed in this I have examined what pre-school staff believe to be the criteria of a good Picture book. Together with an observation of the pre-schools current collection, other factors which can influence the collection of the Picture book are included. This constitutes the foundation for a description of the pre-school Picture book canon. To pursue this goal, I have used the methodology of focus group interviews with staff from two pre-schools in a middle-sized town.

The Picture book is the children's first contact with the world of literature. The aim of our study is to look at how children and adults are portrayed in the Picture book, from a gender perspective. Our aim is to critically examine how girls and boys, men and women are presented when it comes to both characteristics and appearance. Our research also focuses on how the text and images complete each other and we conduct a qualitative text and image analysis. We use Nikolajevas (2000) analytical model for Picture books and previous research that already exists within the subject.In our paper we have clarified the concepts related to gender: gender, gender roles, gender equality and the Picture book.

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to see how technology is presented in different fictional Picture books that are available in preschool. Six fictional Picture books that have connection to technology in picture and text have been analysed. In order to show how technology can be made visible in fictional Picture books, the relation between picture and text has been analysed through a technology perspective. Furthermore, the pictures and the texts have been analysed separately in order to show what they show respectively in terms of technology. The fictional Picture book has a potential to be a basis for making technology visible in preschool, which is a step in a new direction.

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to see how technology is presented in different fictional Picture books that are available in preschool. Six fictional Picture books that have connection to technology in picture and text have been analysed. In order to show how technology can be made visible in fictional Picture books, the relation between picture and text has been analysed through a technology perspective. Furthermore, the pictures and the texts have been analysed separately in order to show what they show respectively in terms of technology. The fictional Picture book has a potential to be a basis for making technology visible in preschool, which is a step in a new direction.

The purpose of this study is to analyze Picture books from a gender perspective. The books are found in a book box that the libraries send out to preschools. This study is based on the following questions:How are boys and girls portrayed in Picture books?Do the Picture books encourage or discourage the principles of equality found in the Curriculum for the Pre-School and the equality work conducted in the preschools?I performed a qualitative text and picture analysis of 12 Picture books. I used Maria Nikolajeva and Kajsa Wahlströms schedule of typical masculine and feminine qualities and activities when analysing the Picture books.

The aim of this study is to examine views of Picture books for children that reviewers in Swedish daily press express in their reviews in 2009 and 2010. The following questions were posed in the study: Are Picture book reviews based on pedagogical criteria and/or aesthetic/literary criteria? Are Picture books reviewed from an adult perspective and/or from a child perspective? Which elements of positive and negative criticism are to be found in Picture book reviews? This qualitative study is based on 45 reviews of Picture books in Swedish daily press. The theoretical approach is developed from four ways of looking at children literature that professor Maria Nikolajeva has compiled. The method used is idea analysis, which is a form of text-analysis.

The purpose of this study is to analyze Picture books from a gender perspective. The books are found in a book box that the libraries send out to preschools. This study is based on the following questions:How are boys and girls portrayed in Picture books?Do the Picture books encourage or discourage the principles of equality found in the Curriculum for the Pre-School and the equality work conducted in the preschools?I performed a qualitative text and picture analysis of 12 Picture books. I used Maria Nikolajeva and Kajsa Wahlströms schedule of typical masculine and feminine qualities and activities when analysing the Picture books.

The purpose of this study is to investigate how children search for and choose Picture books while visiting the library together in a preschool group. How do children interact with each other and their teacher while searching for Picture books? Which aspects of children's everyday lives are apparent in their choice of Picture books? The theoretical frame of reference consists of Brenda Dervin's sense-making approach to information seeking and William Corsaro's sociological approach to studying children's routine activities within a peer culture. To capture children's interaction, we have observed a preschool group consisting of six 3- to 5-year olds and their teacher in a library setting during three visits. Our study shows that children's search for Picture books is a social activity that involves various verbal and nonverbal strategies in order to include and exclude each other when they find a Picture book that interests them.

In Sweden exist a Swedish institute for children?s book which is a national information center. They have an annual "Book tasting" where they present statistics and trends from the latest publications of literature for youth and children.In their ?book tasting?? from 2010 a number of Picture books had, as they say, children who descend from non-Swedish culture (Swedish institute for children?s book, 2010). The aim of this thesis is to investigate how the ethnical diversity describes in these Picture books from 2010. To understand how the ethnical diversity describes in these books I had two questions which helped me in my research.

The purpose with this study has been to get a previous knowledge about how pre-school teachers look at the impact of the Picture book for children and their language development and participation at the age of three to five years. The study was carried through inquiries at a pre-school in a west Swedish urban district. The study proceed from the sociocultural theory which means that children learn by teamwork with other more experienced individuals. The result shows that the pre-school teachers consciously let the interest of the children guide the choice of books. At the same time they push for the meaning of conversation with the children.

The aim of the study is to show how children and adults are described in three Picture books, examining how children and adults are portrayed in text-and-picture narrative and how this has changed over time. We have analysed how the characters in the books are presented and how the representation of children and adults has changed in our own times.The material for the study consists of three Picture books from different periods, with the focus on how children and adults are described as the common point of departure. The analysed Picture books are: Tomtebobarnen (Beskow 1919), Aja baja, Alfons Åberg! (Bergström 1972) and Snäll (Dahle 2008).We have arrived at the conclusion that a text-and-picture narrative is in very large measure a reflection of the outlook on children, childhood and child rearing at the time when the book was published. The result shows that the greatest change that has happened is that parents? and adults? dominance in the books has declined over the years, and that children have been given a more prominent role.

AbstractThe purpose of this essay was to study women?s and men?s place in the room, the public room or the private room, in the five best sold Picture books written by Astrid Lindgren and the analysis was done with a feministic perspective. A lot of children read Astrid Lindgren?s Picture books and therefore this might influence what?s female and masculine. The five best sold Picture books written by Astrid Lindgren is: 1) Känner du Pippi Långstrump 2) Den där Emil 3)Visst kan Lotta cykla 4) Nils Karlsson-Pyssling flyttar in 5) Kajsa Kavat hjälper mormor.