How does 'Herbert and Harry', written by Pamela Allen use visual and verbal text to work on the reader's emotions?

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The genre of picture books is predominantly aimed at younger readers and often referred to as children's books. Herbert & Harry is a children's picture book, written by Pamela Allen in 1986, which tells the story of two brothers who have a falling out over treasure they found. It is a picture book which not only tells a story but which possesses moralistic values and ideologies through the story. Together with the written aspects of …

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…ways." (Nodelman et al, 2003). A junction of the two aspects of any picture book, the visual and the verbal text allow for the interpretation of any moral, or ideological message within a story. REFERENCES *<Tab/>Allen, Pamela, HERBERT & HARRY, 1986, Melbourne, Nelson Publishers *<Tab/>Nodelman, P and Reimer, M, 'Picture Books', from THE PLEASURES OF CHILDRENS LITERATURE, 3rd ed, 2003, Boston, Allyn & Bacon, pp. 274-301