Young children interpret the metafictive in Anthony Browne—s Voices in the Park

Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 211-233

  Pantaleo, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

children s responses; metafiction; picture books; postmodernism; radical change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993730698     PISSN: 14687984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468798404044516     Document Type: Article

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