Widely varying size fonts and pictures combine to create a post-modern picture book. According to Anstey (2002), characteristics of postmodern picture books include: Non-traditional plot structure Using the pictures or text to position the reader to read the text in a particular way, for example, through a character's eyes or point of view. The reader's involvement with constructing the meaning of the text. Intertextual references, which requires the reader to make connections to other books or knowledge, in order to better understand the text. Varied design layout and a variety of styles of illustration. Ryan & Anstey (2003) suggest that post-modern picture books may allow students to increase their "self-knowledge about reading" and that students might be able to use this knowledge in strategic ways as they read. In their study, Ryan and Anstey looked at how sixth graders responded to a PM picture book, which was selected because it was open to many interpretations, titled The Rabbits by John Marsden and Shaun Tan. They discovered that the reading of such texts allow students to draw upon their resources as readers. The reading of such books supports a multiliteracies perspective. Accordingly, such books may be useful in allowing teachers to use texts that encourage students to draw upon their own identity and use this knowledge to read strategically. References External links Reading is Fundamental article Webquest by Julie Bain, on approaching ways of analysing postmodern picture books for senior secondary students; focus: Shaun Tan's The Viewer. Books by type Picture books Postmodernism