This monograph explores for the first time the cinematic and serial adaptation of picturebooks
and picturebook series as sources for live action films animated films and hybrid film
productions. The interdisciplinary study which relates to current issues in children's
literature research children's film studies and narrative studies addresses this
trans-medial phenomenon from an interdisciplinary perspective. This complex topic which
reflects dramaturgical and formal-aesthetic aspects focuses on questions of educational issues
and the influence on various audience groups by considering multiple media formats. These are
determined by changes in social historical and cultural contexts such as stereotypes in the
depiction of characters changing family roles or the deliberate rejection of cliches. By
addressing adults and children as a dual target group the concept of nostalgia becomes key.
The study is thus situated within the context of interdisciplinary memory studies which are
becoming increasingly important in media studies.
