Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer
List of John Benjamins publications in which Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer is involved.
Book series
ISSN 2212-9006
Photography in Children's Literature
Edited by Elina Druker and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer
Photography in Children’s Literature is the first international study that examines the wide array of artistic techniques, topics, and genres used within photographic books for children. Covering a time period from the 1870s to the 1980s, the collection offers multifaceted insights into changing… read more[Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition, 17] 2023. xv, 306 pp.
Maps and Mapping in Children's Literature: Landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes
Edited by Nina Goga and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer
Maps and Mapping in Children’s Literature is the first comprehensive study that investigates the representation of maps in children’s books as well as the impact of mapping on the depiction of landscapes, seascapes, and cityscapes in children’s literature. The chapters in this volume pursue a… read more[Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition, 7] 2017. x, 267 pp.
Children's Literature and the Avant-Garde
Edited by Elina Druker and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer
Children’s Literature and the Avant-Garde is the first study that investigates the intricate influence of the avant-garde movements on children’s literature in different countries from the beginning of the 20th century until the present. Examining a wide range of children’s books from Denmark,… read more[Children’s Literature, Culture, and Cognition, 5] 2015. xii, 295 pp.
Emergent Literacy: Children's books from 0 to 3
Edited by Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer
This edited volume constitutes the first serious, sustained examination of the study of children’s books for children aged from 0 to 3 with contributions by scholars working in different domains and attempting to assess the recognition of the role and influence of children’s literature on the… read more[Studies in Written Language and Literacy, 13] 2011. vi, 275 pp.
2023 Introduction: Photography in children’s literature Photography in Children's Literature, Druker, Elina and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (eds.), pp. 1–19 | Chapter
2023 Chapter 10. Portrait of the child as a socialist: Three photographic picturebooks from the German Democratic Republic Photography in Children's Literature, Druker, Elina and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (eds.), pp. 232–253 | Chapter
This chapter focuses on portraits of children in three photographic picturebooks from the German Democratic Republic (GDR). While these picturebooks draw largely on modernist photography in the postwar period, they also react sensitively to ideological demands from the official state authorities. read more
2017 Introduction. Maps and mapping in children’s literature Maps and Mapping in Children's Literature: Landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes, Goga, Nina and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (eds.), pp. 1–14 | Chapter
2017 Chapter 4. Metaphorical maps in picturebooks Maps and Mapping in Children's Literature: Landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes, Goga, Nina and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (eds.), pp. 75–91 | Chapter
This chapter focuses on the cognitive and narrative functions of metaphorical maps in picturebooks. In contrast to maps that present real or fictional city- and landscapes, metaphorical maps are used to visualize abstract concepts. In particular, two types of metaphorical maps in picturebooks are… read more
2015 Introduction: Children’s literature and the avant-garde Children's Literature and the Avant-Garde, Druker, Elina and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (eds.), pp. 1–16 | Article
2015 Chapter 10. Just what is it that makes Pop Art picturebooks so different, so appealing? Children's Literature and the Avant-Garde, Druker, Elina and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (eds.), pp. 241–266 | Article
In the 1960s and 1970s the Pop Art movement exerted a great influence on picturebook artists in different European countries (Finland, France, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom) and the USA. By referring to various avant-garde movements, such as Dadaism, Expressionism, and… read more
2013 Review of Pahl & Rowsell (2012): Early childhood literacy Written Language & Literacy 16:2, pp. 281–284 | Review
2011 1. Emergent literacy and children’s literature Emergent Literacy: Children's books from 0 to 3, Kümmerling-Meibauer, Bettina (ed.), pp. 1–14 | Article
2011 6. Early-concept books: Acquiring nominal and verbal concepts Emergent Literacy: Children's books from 0 to 3, Kümmerling-Meibauer, Bettina (ed.), pp. 91–114 | Article
This article focuses on picturebooks for young children aged 12 to 24 months. This type of picturebook has been largely neglected in picturebook research, albeit it provides fascinating insights into the literary and cognitive development of young children. Two types of picturebooks will be… read more
2008 Images of childhood in Romantic children's literature Romantic Prose Fiction, Gillespie, Gerald, Manfred Engel and Bernard Dieterle (eds.), pp. 183–203 | Article