Exploring Global Texts with Picturebook Codes in Elementary Classrooms

Abstract

Elementary teachers at J.E. Moss Elementary explore the critical use of global texts in the classroom with a focus on analyzing the significance of illustrations in literature, as well as the interplay between the illustrations and the text. They created a picturebook codes to center discussions on a single topic: a code of color, a code of line, and a code of position and size. This allows young students to have a clear focus when critically reading and analyzing picturebooks in the classroom.

Keywords

• global children's literature
• illustration
• teaching
• education