Theorising Oliver Jeffers Picturebooks: From How to Catch a Star to Now [Hardcover]

Theorising Oliver Jeffers Picturebooks examines semiotic, affective, and metafictive storytelling in Oliver Jeffers postmodern picturebooks from a multi-theoretical approach.?

The book is an important contribution to the field of picturebook theory, bringing a carefully crafted analysis on Jeffers' authorship reflecting the deeper layers with a focus on visual literacy and a postmodern perspective. New insights and knowledge are provided. A must read for picturebook researchers and lovers of Jeffers work.

--Professor Hilde T?rnby, Oslo Metropolitan University

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Bringing together a multi-theoretical approach and a deep sensitivity to multimodality and the semiotics of childhood, this innovative monograph illuminates the metafictive and postmodern dimensions of Jeffers' storytelling. It makes a rich and timely contribution to the fields of youth-literature studies, Irish studies, childhood studies, and pedagogical approaches with picturebooks.

--Dr Patricia Kennon, Maynooth University

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Drawing excellently on existing research on picturebooks and modality, this timely monographs multi-theoretical approach brilliantly draws out the powerful emotional resonance and innovation of Oliver Jeffers under researched works. It will be useful for those learning how to read picturebooks, those interested in applying theory to picturebooks, and those interested in pedagogical approaches.

--Dr Jennifer Mooney, Dublin City University

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This engaging book takes a close look at one of the most beloved and widely translated contemporary picturebook makers: Oliver Jeffers. By carefully teasing out the complex relationship between the words and the images, Dillon-Craig reveals the layers of meaning in the rich pol³%