Metareading in Picturebooks: A Dissertation by Melanie McGilloway

The Twitter has its uses, you have to admit.  The other day I was looped into a conversation there with a seemingly simple question: What are the picture books that favorably portray children reading ebooks?  This question turns out to be a lot more difficult to ascertain than you might think.  Over the years we’ve seen a whole slew of anti-screen picture books.  The message is always very clear.  Unplug and read a book kids!  Does anyone ever say “plug in and read a book” instead?

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