Adaptations of Print Narratives Into Literary Apps: Reading the App The Big Word Factory in Literacy Practice on Primary-School Level

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Author(s): Uta Woiwod (University of Cologne, Germany)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 21
Source title: Connecting Disciplinary Literacy and Digital Storytelling in K-12 Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Leslie Haas (Xavier University of Louisiana, USA)and Jill Tussey (Buena Vista University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5770-9.ch007

Keywords: Digital Literacy / Information Science Reference / K-12 Education / Library & Information Science

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Adaptations of children's books into literary apps provide a twofold approach for literacy practise at primary school. This chapter deals with the app The Big Word Factory (2013), which is based upon the picture book of the same title, written by Agnès de Lestrade and illustrated by Valeria Docampo. An analysis of the narrative framework of literary apps is meant to show that nonlinear storytelling, a key component of numerous print works of children's literature, but also of digital narratives, may help untrained young readers develop reading motivation while print and digital readings are practised as complementary activities.

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