Texts suitable for children?
Complicated narrative structures
Black and White by David Macaulay
Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak
iDiot! by Dorte Karrebaek and Oscar K.
Subject matter considered inappropriate by teacher or parent
Drugs and alcohol abuse- Snow White by Ana Juan
Death- Duck, Death and the Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch
La Visite de Petite Mort by Kitty Crowther
The Children’s Undertaker by Dorte Karrebaek and Oscar K.
Suicide
Petit Ane by Serge Koslov and Vitaly Statzynsky
Matricide- Die Menschenfresserin by Valérie Dayre and Wolf Erlbruch
iDiot! by Dorte Karrebaek and Oscar K.
Depression and mental illness- Mama by Gro Dahle and Svein Nyhus
Red Tree by Shaun Tan
Black Dog by Matthew Johnstone
Sexuality- And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell and Henry Cole
Snow White by Ana Juan
Language- Poo Bum by Stephanie Blake
Poverty- We Are All in the Dumps by Maurice Sendak
Mia’s Story by Michael Foreman (refers to a Campamento San Francisco in san Bernardo, Stgo)
Graphics too real
Blood- De Tre by Dorte Karrebaek and Oscar K.
Drugs and sex- Snow White by Ana Juan
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Violence- Gashleycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey
The Angry Man by Gro Dahle and Svein Nyhus
War- Humo by Antón Fortes and Joanna Consejo
Lejren by Dorte Karrebaek and Oscar K.
Rose Blanche by Roberto Innocenti and Ian McEwan
Bodily functions- Little Mole by Wolf Erlbruch
De Tre by Dorte Karrebaek and Oscar K.
You may want to read more about how picturebooks work and I can recommend these texts:
Arzipe, E. and Styles, M. (2003) Children Reading Pictures: Interpreting Visual Texts, London: RoutledgeFalmer
Beckett, S. (2012) Crossover Picturebooks: A Genre for All Ages Oxon:Routledge
Colomer, T., Kümmerling, B. and Silvia-Díaz,C. (2010) New Directions in Picturebook Research Oxon:Routledge
Doonan, J. (1993) Looking at Pictures in Picture Books, Exeter: Thimble Press
Evans, J. (1998) (ed.) What’s in the Picture? Responding to Illustrations in Picture Books, London: Paul Chapman Publishing
Haynes, J. and Murris, K. (2012) Picturebooks, Pedagogy and Philosophy Oxford:Routledge
Kiefer, B. (1995) The Potential of Picturebooks: from visual literacy to aesthetic understanding NJ: Prentice Hall
Lewis, D (2001) Reading Contemporary Picturebooks London:Routledge
Sipe, L. and Pantaleo, S. (2008) Postmodern Picturebooks: Play, Parody and Self-Referentiality Oxford: Routledge
Howard Cotton Plymouth University 2015