Effects of advance exposure to an animated surgery-related picture book on preoperative anxiety and anesthesia induction in preschool children: a randomized controlled trial [PDF]
Background Our aim was to investigate whether early surgical preparation by reading an animated picture book about procedure-related events could reduce the preoperative anxiety in preschoolers. Methods 131 patients, aged 3–6 years and underwent elective
Yanyan Yang +5 more
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Let’s look at leeks! Picture books increase toddlers’ willingness to look at, taste and consume unfamiliar vegetables [PDF]
Repeatedly looking at picture books about fruits and vegetables with parents enhances young children’s visual preferences towards the foods in the book (Houston-Price et al, 2009) and influences their willingness to taste these foods (Houston-Price ...
Philippa eHeath +2 more
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Accuracy in the estimation of children's food portion sizes against a food picture book by parents and early educators [PDF]
Validated methodological aids for food quantification are needed for the accurate estimation of food consumption. Our objective was to assess the validity of an age-specific food picture book, which contains commonly eaten foods among Finnish children ...
Kaija Nissinen +6 more
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A Smart Picture Book Design Using Augmented Reality Technology
The developments that’s currently being experienced today are passing very fast and growing exponentially, as well as education, teaching methods from the past cannot be applied into the new era. With utilizing developing technology, teaching methods can
Suryatno Wiganepdo Soegoto +3 more
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Reading Picture Books in Preschool and Lower Grades of Primary School
This article introduces the results of a research survey that involved 443 preschool and classroom teachers. The objective of the investigation was to discover teachers’ views on making picture book reading a part of the teaching process, how picture ...
Janja Batič
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Annulment proceedings and multilevel judicial conflict [PDF]
This open access book provides an exhaustive picture of the role that annulment conflicts play in the EU multilevel system. Based on a rich dataset of annulment actions since the 1960s and a number of in-depth case studies, it explores the political ...
Adam, Christian +3 more
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This paper reports on an investigation into the reading path patterns in a children’s picture book. The primary investigation focused on the semiotic resources involved in the construction of meanings in picture books, i.e.
Ika Lestari Damayanti, Yusnita Febrianti
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The Playful Affordances of Picture Book Apps for Children
The tradition of children’s literature has evolved side by side with the market of children’s entertainment, games, and toys. The selection of contemporary print products includes a wide variety of materially or technologically enhanced picture books ...
Hanna Järvenpää
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Developing Wordless Picture Book to Improve the Storytelling Ability of 5 to 6 Years Old Children
: This study aims to design and develop a wordless picture book to improve the storytelling ability of level B kindergarten students. This research adopted the design and development model proposed by Lee and Owens (2004).
Ika Lestari
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On the Move. Picture Books and Picture Book Studies in Times of Change This article discusses three significant changes in picture books as a medium that have consequences for picture book studies: First the transformation of visual narratives from ...
Nina Christensen
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