Deck 5: Picture Books

Question 1

Picture book illustrations, according to the definition given in your textbook,

A) contribute to the story's meaning.
B) take up at least half the space on a page.
C) can be understood by children aged 2-8.
D) are incidental to the story.
E) are large enough to be seen from 20 feet away.

Answer 1

contribute to the story's meaning.

Question 2

Ideas in the best picture books should be

A) nostalgic and reminiscent of childhood.
B) original or presented in an original way.
C) geared to the latest educational advances.
D) simple and uncontroversial

Answer 2

original or presented in an original way.

Question 3

Illustrations in excellent picture books cannot

A) provide plot information.
B) extend characterization, giving clues to character traits.
C) set or give clues about mood and setting.
D) tell the whole story.
E) be incidental to the story.

Answer 3

be incidental to the story.

Question 4

Language and writing style in the best picture books should

A) be rich and varied.
B) include only short, simple sentences.
C) be sentimental.
D) have vocabulary that is simple and plain.

Question 5

Picture books are NOT

A) characterized by integral illustrations.
B) written in all genres.
C) the same as illustrated books.
D) equally effective with either black and white or color illustrations.
E) as a general rule, 32 pages long.

Question 6

The visual element that may define the outline of an illustration, define the outline of objects in an illustration, or suggest action or emotion is

A) line.
B) color.
C) shape.
D) texture.

Question 7

Lines that suggest calm and tranquility are

A) diagonal.
B) horizontal.
C) curving.
D) jagged.

Question 8

Color in picture book illustrations

A) is essential.
B) suggests mood and emotion.
C) has to do with tactile surface characteristics of objects pictured.
D) should not shift abruptly from one end of the spectrum to the other.

Question 9

Line, color, texture, shape, and composition are

A) literary elements.
B) parts of media.
C) visual elements.
D) spatial forms of a picture.

Question 10

Highlighting an object in an illustration to show isolation can be achieved by manipulating

A) color and line.
B) size of objects and placement on a page.
C) negative, or blank, space.
D) border width.

Question 11

The impression of how a pictured object feels (to the touch) is called

A) texture.
B) shape.
C) design.
D) line.

Question 12

Illustrations in good picture books

A) contribute to plot, character traits, setting, theme, style, and mood.
B) go along with the text and depict the characters and settings accurately.
C) decorate the text to make the book appealing to children.
D) tell the story.

Question 13

To be effective, illustrations in picture books must

A) be colorful.
B) be placed one on each page.
C) contribute to the story's meaning.
D) be realistic and true-to-life.
E) have clearly outlined representations of people and objects.

Question 14

The artistic style that communicates an emotional experience more than an external reality is

A) folk art.
B) surrealistic art.
C) abstract art.
D) expressionistic art.
E) impressionistic art.

Question 15

The artistic style usually seen in picture books set in the distant past and supposedly representative of the artistic style prevalent in the culture featured in the story is

A) folk art.
B) cartoon art.
C) realistic art.
D) historic art.
E) surrealistic art.

Question 16

Artistic media refers to

A) ink, pencil, photography, and oils.
B) line, color, shape, texture, and composition.
C) book design.
D) abstract art, realistic art, impressionistic art, and folk art.

Question 17

Endpapers, flyleaf, and frontispiece are parts of the book's

A) media.
B) design.
C) publishing history.
D) binding method.

Question 18

Book design includes

A) the color, shape, line, and composition of the illustrations.
B) the plot structure.
C) the chapter titles.
D) the size, shape, and binding of a book.

Question 19

Two aspects of book design for which durability is a prime consideration are

A) book size and page layout.
B) typeface and endpapers.
C) book binding and dust jacket.
D) pages and book binding.
E) frontispiece and dust jacket.

Question 20

The transitional book is NOT

A) a type of picture book.
B) more than 50 pages long.
C) illustrated.
D) often part of a series.
E) intended for children who can read.

Question 21

Published in 1657, written by John Amos Comenius in Moravia, and considered to be the first children's picture book is

A) John Gilpin's Ride.
B) Aesop's Fables.
C) Pat the Bunny.
D) Orbis Pictus.

Question 22

An early, important modern picture storybook in English was

A) The Cat in the Hat.
B) The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
C) Frog and Toad Are Friends.
D) Where's Spot?

Question 23

Baby books should be

A) designed so that use of text and illustration is balanced.
B) designed to emphasize patterns and associations.
C) designed around a good story.
D) profusely illustrated.
E) designed in a large format so as to be seen easily by children at a distance.

Question 24

Interactive books are known for

A) their colorfulness.
B) building vocabulary.
C) developing sentence structures.
D) lively and original story lines.
E) encouraging physical and spoken response.

Question 25

Vinyl, cloth, and board books are examples of

A) nursery and song books.
B) toy books, or engineered books.
C) easy-to-read books.
D) baby books.

Question 26

Books with engineered, pop-up, see-through, and movable pages are all types of

A) concept books.
B) baby books.
C) alphabet books.
D) toy books.

Question 27

Concept books are known for

A) their development of interesting characters.
B) their simple, straightforward plot structures.
C) their worthy themes.
D) their explanations of ideas, objects, and activities.
E) their imaginative and fantastic story lines.

Question 28

Picture storybooks

A) require the listener to touch or manipulate the book.
B) have texts that beginning readers can manage.
C) depend on highly sequenced illustrations to present the story.
D) are primarily intended for independent reading.
E) have text and illustrations occurring with equal frequency.

Question 29

Wordless books are NOT

A) intended for prereaders.
B) dependent on sequenced illustrations to tell the story.
C) generally produced for those who can read.
D) helpful in teaching left-to-right page progression in reading.
E) intended to promote language development.

Question 30

Easy-to-read books

A) have larger print, more space between lines, limited text, and familiar vocabulary.
B) depend largely on illustrations to tell the story.
C) are in a large format so as to be seen easily by students at a distance.
D) are intended to be read aloud by a teacher initially.
E) have proportionally less text per page than picture storybooks.

Question 31

A special type of book for the child who can read but has not yet become a fluent reader, with illustrations on about every third page, division of text into chapters, and an average length of about 100 pages written in an uncomplicated writing style and vocabulary is

A) the novella.
B) the transitional book.
C) the easy-to-read book.
D) the picture book for older readers.
E) the graphic novel.

Question 32

A type of picture book that emphasizes language regularities in which certain phonological features are repeated to help beginning readers is the

A) transitional book.
B) easy-to-read book.
C) pattern book.
D) concept book.
E) alphabet book.

Question 33

Because of their rhyme, repetition, and other language clues, pattern books are often referred to as

A) decodable books.
B) baby books.
C) call-and-response texts.
D) picture storybooks.
E) phono-visual texts.

Question 34

Two milestone books that introduced the easy-to-read genre of picture books to American audiences are

A) Millions of Cats and Push, Pull, Empty, Full.
B) The Tale of Peter Rabbit and A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog.
C) Frog and Toad and Where's Spot.
D) A Snowy Day and Pat the Bunny.
E) Little Bear and The Cat in the Hat.

Question 35

The award for the best transitional book is

A) the Gryphon award.
B) the Kerlan award.
C) the Whitbread award.
D) the deGrummond award.
E) the Centaur award.

Question 36

Books with illustrations that are not considered picture books are

A) alphabet books and counting books.
B) easy-to-read books and wordless books.
C) illustrated books and transitional books.
D) graphic novels and concept books.
E) interactive books and toy books.

Question 37

Develop a set of matching items with picture book authors and illustrators or milestone books featured in class. (See example in the introduction to the test bank.)

Question 38

Match the following milestone books with the best descriptor.

-Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert

A) One of the first picture books with a minority character as protagonist to win the Caldecott Award.
B) Popularized the wordless book genre.
C) Early important modern American picture storybook.
D) Promoted recognition of engineered books.
E) One of the first, important books for babies.
F) Denoted influence of postmodernism and acceptance of nontraditional picture book formats.

Question 39

Match the following milestone books with the best descriptor.

-Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág

A) One of the first picture books with a minority character as protagonist to win the Caldecott Award.
B) Popularized the wordless book genre.
C) Early important modern American picture storybook.
D) Promoted recognition of engineered books.
E) One of the first, important books for babies.
F) Denoted influence of postmodernism and acceptance of nontraditional picture book formats.

Question 40

Match the following milestone books with the best descriptor.

-A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog by Mercer Mayer

A) One of the first picture books with a minority character as protagonist to win the Caldecott Award.
B) Popularized the wordless book genre.
C) Early important modern American picture storybook.
D) Promoted recognition of engineered books.
E) One of the first, important books for babies.
F) Denoted influence of postmodernism and acceptance of nontraditional picture book formats.

Question 41

Match the following milestone books with the best descriptor.

-Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt

A) One of the first picture books with a minority character as protagonist to win the Caldecott Award.
B) Popularized the wordless book genre.
C) Early important modern American picture storybook.
D) Promoted recognition of engineered books.
E) One of the first, important books for babies.
F) Denoted influence of postmodernism and acceptance of nontraditional picture book formats.

Question 42

Match the following milestone books with the best descriptor.

-Black and White by David Macaulay

A) One of the first picture books with a minority character as protagonist to win the Caldecott Award.
B) Popularized the wordless book genre.
C) Early important modern American picture storybook.
D) Promoted recognition of engineered books.
E) One of the first, important books for babies.
F) Denoted influence of postmodernism and acceptance of nontraditional picture book formats.

Question 43

Match the artistic style on the left with the best descriptor on the right.

-impressionistic art

A) emphasizes mood and feeling with no direct representation
B) juxtaposes unlikely objects to create semi-realistic dream images
C) emphasizes light to create fleeting visual impressions
D) distorts external reality to express an inner feeling
E) represents natural forms with accurate representations
F) depicts the time, place, or culture of the story's origin

Question 44

Match the artistic style on the left with the best descriptor on the right.

-primitive/folk art

A) emphasizes mood and feeling with no direct representation
B) juxtaposes unlikely objects to create semi-realistic dream images
C) emphasizes light to create fleeting visual impressions
D) distorts external reality to express an inner feeling
E) represents natural forms with accurate representations
F) depicts the time, place, or culture of the story's origin

Question 45

Match the artistic style on the left with the best descriptor on the right.

-expressionistic art

A) emphasizes mood and feeling with no direct representation
B) juxtaposes unlikely objects to create semi-realistic dream images
C) emphasizes light to create fleeting visual impressions
D) distorts external reality to express an inner feeling
E) represents natural forms with accurate representations
F) depicts the time, place, or culture of the story's origin

Question 46

Match the artistic style on the left with the best descriptor on the right.

-realistic art

A) emphasizes mood and feeling with no direct representation
B) juxtaposes unlikely objects to create semi-realistic dream images
C) emphasizes light to create fleeting visual impressions
D) distorts external reality to express an inner feeling
E) represents natural forms with accurate representations
F) depicts the time, place, or culture of the story's origin

Question 47

Match the artistic style on the left with the best descriptor on the right.

-abstract art

A) emphasizes mood and feeling with no direct representation
B) juxtaposes unlikely objects to create semi-realistic dream images
C) emphasizes light to create fleeting visual impressions
D) distorts external reality to express an inner feeling
E) represents natural forms with accurate representations
F) depicts the time, place, or culture of the story's origin

Question 48

The Golden Age of children's book illustrations occurred in 1860-1900 in _____________________________________________________________ (country).

Question 49

The first picture book for children is considered to be __________________________ ___________________________ (title) written by John Amos Comenius in the mid-seventeenth century.

Question 50

Picture books that stimulate the child's verbal or physical participation as the book is read are called _____________________________________________________________________.

Question 51

A picture book that uses cut, folded, or constructed paper to present pop-up, movable, changeable, or three-dimensional illustrations is called ______________________________.

Question 52

A picture book that depends entirely on carefully sequenced illustrations to present the story is called ____________________________________.

Question 53

Not considered a picture book, the _______________________________ is a less profusely illustrated, lengthier book for the reader who is not yet a fluent reader.

Question 54

Common features of the easy-to-read book are (name four):

A) _________________________________________________________
B) _________________________________________________________
C) _________________________________________________________
D) _________________________________________________________

Question 55

A novel-length picture book featuring text written in speech bubbles or as captions similar to comic book illustrations is called _______________________________________________.

Question 56

The arrangement of the visual elements within a picture and the way these visual elements relate one to the other and combine to make the picture is __________________________________________________________________________.

Question 57

The spatial forms of a picture produced by areas of color and by lines joining and intersecting to suggest outlines are called the ____________________________________________ of a picture.

Question 58

An art style that provides accurate representations without idealization is called ________________________________________________________________________art.

Question 59

An art style that communicates an inner feeling by distorting external reality is __________________________________________________________________________.

Question 60

An art style that depicts objects by rendering fleeting visual impressions with an emphasis on light is ____________________________________________________________________.

Question 61

An art style that emphasizes intrinsic form and surface qualities with little or no direct representation of objects, but rather an emphasis on mood and feeling is __________________________________________________________________________.

Question 62

An art style that often presents incongruous dream and fantasy images, sometimes juxtaposing unlikely objects is called ___________________________________________.

Question 63

The art style featuring rounded figures, exaggerated action, and simplified backgrounds is ________________________________

Question 64

The pages glued to the inside front and back boards of the cover of a book are called _______________________________

Question 65

In picture books when an illustration extends across two facing pages, it is called a ______________________

Question 66

Three important pieces of information that are included on the verso, or reverse side of the title page, are _________________________________, and __________________________________

Question 67

Define picture book.

Question 68

Explain the different purposes of illustrations in picture books and illustrated books.

Question 69

Define the term graphic novel.

Question 70

Explain the statement "Picture book illustrations must be integral to the story."

Question 71

Tell three ways picture books for older readers differ from picture storybooks.

Question 72

Choose two artistic styles and explain how each can contribute to the story in a picture book.

Question 73

Several important economic, social, and political developments made today's beautiful and entertaining picture books possible. List three of these developments and briefly tell how each supported the development of today's picture book.

Question 74

List three important features of good quality ABC books. Briefly explain why each feature is important.

Question 75

List three important features of good quality wordless books. Briefly explain why each feature is important.

Question 76

List three important features of good quality counting books. Briefly explain why each feature is important.

Question 77

List three important features of good quality easy-to-read books. Briefly explain why each feature is important.

Question 78

(Requires several sets of 4-5 different types of picture books). For each book in this set, state its title and identify what type of picture book it is.

Question 79

Explain how the visual element of color can contribute to a story in a picture book.

Question 80

Explain how the visual element of line can contribute to a story in a picture book.