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mai 2014

U-showet på Norsk Litteraturfestival 2014

I festsalen i Banken i Lillehammer under Norsk Litteraturfestival var flere skoleklasser og ungdomslitteraturinteresserte samlet torsdag 22. mai. Alle spente på hvem som skulle vinne U-prisen for 2013.

Affordances of an App – A reading of The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

«In a relatively short time, apps have become highly popular as a platform for children’s fiction. The majority of media attention to these apps has focused on their technical features. There has been less focus on their aesthetic aspects, such as how interactive elements, visual-verbal arrangements and narration are interrelated. This article investigates how a reading of a «picturebook app» may differ from readings of the narratives found in printed books and movies. The discussion will be anchored in an analysis of the iPad app The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore. This app, which is an adaptation of an animated short film, relates the story of a book lover who becomes the proprietor of a magical library.»