Abstract of

“It's Not All Black and White”: Postmodern Picture Books and New Literacies

Michèle Anstey

The author demonstrates how the postmodern picture book can be used with readers of various ages, and particularly with secondary and college students, to explore new literacies. Numerous classroom strategies are presented.

[This article is highlighted in the ReadWriteThink.org lesson plan “Postmodern Picture Books in the Middle School,” available at http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=66.]

Abstract from Anstey, M. (2002, March). “It's Not All Black and White”: Postmodern Picture Books and New Literacies. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 45(6), 444–457. doi: 10.1598/JAAL.45.6.1