Children and Pictures

In <i>Children and Pictures</i>, Richard P. Jolley critiques both the historical and contemporary studies conducted in the field of children’s making and understanding of pictures. <p>Some highlights of <i>Children and Pictures</i> are:</p> <ul> <li>What develops, and why, in children’s representational and expressive drawing, both in typical, atypical, and cross-cultural populations.</li> <li>The developing relationship between production and comprehension of pictures.</li> <li>Children’s understanding of pictures as symbolic representations.</li> <li>Practical and applied uses of drawings, particularly in clinical and legal settings.</li> <li>Diverse educational practices of teaching drawing across the world.</li> </ul> <p>Presenting up-to-date research and pointing towards future topics of study, <i>Children and Pictures</i> brings the study of children’s drawings into mainstream child development studies. This is an edifying resource for students, researchers, practitioners, parents, artists, and educators in the field.</p>