Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. List of figures xiii
5. Introduction. Consumable reading and children’s literature 1
6. Chapter 1. The role of materials and materiality in picturebooks 23
7. Chapter 2. The potential of surfaces for early literacy 37
8. Chapter 3. Food-related reading 51
9. Chapter 4. Literacy and synesthesia 75
10. Chapter 5. Packaging supporting literacy 87
11. Chapter 6. Consumer goods and packages in children’s literature 113
12. Chapter 7. Plates and pages 137
13. Chapter 8. Children’s literature focusing on the plates and eating utensils 165
14. Chapter 9. Honing emergent literacy via food 179
15. Chapter 10. Reading on fluid surfaces 203
16. Conclusion 219
17. Bibliography 229
18. Index 255