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Young children in today’s society need experiences that position them as agents who understand how texts work and how to manipulate texts for a variety of social purposes – most importantly to practice literacy as social actors who contribute productively to the world in which they live.
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Paugh, P. (2014). The Postmodern Picture Book. In: Paugh, P., Kress, T., Lake, R. (eds) Teaching towards Democracy with Postmodern and Popular Culture Texts. Imagination and Praxis. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-875-6_7
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