The Latin letter i may be used either as a vowel or a consonant. When used as a consonant, it often is replaced by the letter j, which originally, was simply an orthographic long i that was used in initial positions and when it occurred between two other vowels.
Illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith (1863â1935) An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video games and films. The origin of the word âillustrationâ is late Middle English: via Old French from Latin illustratio, from the verb illustrate.
Because illustrations in a childrenâs book are integral to the story, as children makes sense of a book, they must also consider the pictures. It is only through seeing the work as a whole, words and illustrations, that picture books can be truly read. In her exploration of art in childrenâs books, Lee Galda writes :