ABSTRACT
“Theorising Visual Aesthetics” outlines the general practice of reading picturebooks and highlights the multimodality of the narrative form. It scaffolds the book’s theoretical perspectives and methodological practices in relation to visual and/or iconotextual readings. Further, it argues that Jeffers picturebooks are located at the intersection of children’s literature and visual media aesthetics; the stories are driven by his innate desire to explore the unexpected in children’s literature and give voice to a myriad of characters who embody otherness and obscurity.
