The picture book is considered a hybrid art form, since it offers, like film and theatre, a simultaneous experience of time and space. Moreover, this is a special book form merging visual language and the written word. This piece outlines the main characteristics of the postmodern picture book and, consequently, its reception: non-traditional plot structure, non-linearity, point of view, variety of illustration styles, unusual form, interaction, intertextual references, multiple meanings, mocking tone, and wider age span and range of reading levels.
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