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Apologies… the caffeine wasn’t in my blood when I sent the last message. Here is the attachment. Rachel > On Oct 3, 2016, at 10:19 AM, Mélanie McGilloway <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > Dear all > > Many thanks for your replies so far on and off list, it is much appreciated. > > Rachel, the attachment must have been stripped as it does not appear. > > Janet, A Cultivated Wolf is indeed one of my key texts; it is even responsible for this dissertation in a way as I purchased it many years ago in French and from then started to collect picturebooks on reading, books and libraries. > > It seems however very little has been written about monsters in picture books, apart from relating to fear. > > Many thanks again > > Mélanie > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Janet Evans <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > Dear Melanie, > Take a look at A Cultivated Wolf by Pascal Biet - I love it! > Also look at Kerenza Ghosh’s chapter in my book, Challenging and Controversial Picturebooks: Creative and Critical Responses to Visual Texts.(Routledge 2015). Her chapter, Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Children's responses to the portrayal of wolves in picturebooks, includes a good overview of wolves in children’s literature - picturebooks in particular. > Hope this helps and good luck with your work. > Janet > Dr Janet Evans > www.janetevans.co.uk <http://www.janetevans.co.uk/> > > > > On 3 Oct 2016, at 08:50, Mélanie McGilloway <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > >> Good morning all >> >> As part of my dissertation on images of reading in picturebooks, I am looking at how animals (mainly wolves and bears) and monsters are used as marginalized beings which are transformed by reading and as a result become accepted members of society. However, I am struggling to find anything on the use of such characters in picturebooks as a metaphor for marginalisation. Does anyone of any sources that might help? >> >> Many thanks in anticipation >> >> Best wishes >> >> >> Mélanie McGilloway >> MA Children's Literature Student, Roehampton University >> www.librarymice.com <http://www.librarymice.com/> >> Twitter: @librarymice > >