To pull, to find out and to understand: towards a description of Pull-the-tab books
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https://doi.org/10.35869/ailij.v0i16.1345Keywords:
Children's literature, young adult literature, pull-the-tab book, illustrationAbstract
Following current approaches, we have carried out a brief theoretical analysis of pull-the-tab books and their potential to provoke interactivity between the reader and the book. This is an unexplored field which paradoxically still lacks academic research in spite of the growing tendency to leverage the materiality of books. Pull-the-tab books can be widely categorized as object-books or even as toy books, specially addressed to children. We have analysed a representative corpus, studying
verbal and illustrative/graphic strategies; and the most relevant rhetorical and stylistic devices, in an attempt to contribute to a characterization/definition of these books. We aim at distinguishing these “pull-the-tab books” from other categories of the “universe” of toy books.
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Anuario de Investigación en Literatura Infantil y Juvenil has been published in open access from 2019 (vol. 17). The journal allows the authors to retain publishing rights. Authors may reprint their articles in other media without having to request authorization, provided they indicate that the article was originally published in Anuario de Investigación en Literatura Infantil y Juvenil. The journal holds the copyright of printed issues (volumes 0-16).
