▁create ▁a ▁post - mod ern ▁picture ▁book . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁An st ey ▁( 2 0 0 2 ), ▁characteristics ▁of ▁post mod ern ▁picture ▁books ▁include : ▁▁ ▁Non - trad itional ▁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 ▁invol vement ▁with ▁construct ing ▁the ▁meaning ▁of ▁the ▁text . ▁ ▁Inter text ual ▁references , ▁which ▁requires ▁the ▁reader ▁to ▁make ▁connections ▁to ▁other ▁books ▁or ▁knowledge , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁better ▁understand ▁the ▁text . ▁ ▁Var ied ▁design ▁layout ▁and ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁styles ▁of ▁illustr ation . ▁ ▁Ryan ▁& ▁An st ey ▁( 2 0 0 3 ) ▁suggest ▁that ▁post - mod ern ▁picture ▁books ▁may ▁allow ▁students ▁to ▁increase ▁their ▁" self - know ledge ▁about ▁reading " ▁and ▁that ▁students ▁might ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁use ▁this ▁knowledge ▁in ▁strateg ic ▁ways ▁as ▁they ▁read . ▁In ▁their ▁study , ▁Ryan ▁and ▁An st ey ▁looked ▁at ▁how ▁sixth ▁grad ers ▁respond ed ▁to ▁a ▁PM ▁picture ▁book , ▁which ▁was ▁selected ▁because ▁it ▁was ▁open ▁to ▁many ▁interpret ations , ▁titled ▁The ▁R abb its ▁by ▁John ▁Mars den ▁and ▁Sh a un ▁Tan . ▁They ▁discovered ▁that ▁the ▁reading ▁of ▁such ▁texts ▁allow ▁students ▁to ▁draw ▁upon ▁their ▁resources ▁as ▁readers . ▁The ▁reading ▁of ▁such ▁books ▁supports