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Webinar – Visual literacy and wordless picture books

Webinar – Visual literacy and wordless picture books

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Professor Evelyn Arizpe

Recorded webinar - available immediately.

‘Children are able to understand different viewpoints, analyse moods, messages and emotions, and articulate personal responses to picture books - even when they struggle with the written word.’
Professor Arizpe will delve into the world of wordless picture books and help us understand how vital visual literacy is to children's understanding and development.

Audience

This webinar is aimed at anyone that works with children, either professionals or parents. 

Reviews

"Excellent webinar - Theoretically informed, but also practical. Wonderful examples and wide ranging to many issues including ASL"

"Excellent webinar - Very professional, some useful insight and I just found it fascinating and thought provoking"

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More about the speaker

Professor Evelyn Arizpe had worked in the field of children's literature and literacy for over 25 years. Together with Morag Styles, she pioneered research into children’s response to picturebooks and visual literacy and our co-authored book, Children Reading Picturebooks: Interpreting visual texts (2003/2016) which is now considered a classic study in this area.
Evelyn is currently the Professor of Children's Literature at the University of Glasgow and leads on an Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters in Children's Literature, Media and Culture (IMCLMC).
In 2022 and 2024 she was on the jury for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, International Board on Books for Children and Young People (IBBY).

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