This book brings together the work of interantional scholars, who present original theoretical perspectives and new research on picturebooks and their readers.

1. Introduction Evelyn Arizpe, Maureen Farrell and Julie McAdam 2. What is a Picturebook? Across the borders of history Barbara Kiefer 3. On the Strangeness of Pop Art Picturebooks: Pictures, texts, paratexts Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer and Jörg Meibauer 4. Before and After the Picture Frame: A typology of endpapers Teresa Duran and Emma Bosch 5. 'Must We to Bed Indeed?' Beds as cultural signifiers in picturebooks for children Maria Nikolajeva and Liz Taylor 6. Picturebooks and Multiple Readings: "When We Lived in Uncle's Hat" by Peter Stamm and Jutta Bauer Jean Webb 7. 'Jings! Crivens! Help ma Boab!' - It's a Scottish Picturebook Maureen Farrell 8. Do You Live a Life of Riley?: Thinking and talking about the purpose of life in picturebook responses Janet Evans 9. Reading Mental Processes in "The Arrival" Brenda Bellorín and María Cecilia Silva Díaz 10. Crossing Visual Borders and Connecting Cultures: Children's responses to the photographic theme in David Wiesner's "Flotsam" Evelyn Arizpe and Julie McAdam