In <i>Children and Pictures</i>, Richard P. Jolley critiques both the historical and contemporary studies conducted in the field of children's making and understanding of pictures.<p>Some highlights of <i>Children and Pictures</i> are:<ul><li>What develops, and why, in children's representational and expressive drawing, both in typical, atypical, and cross-cultural populations.<li>The developing relationship between production and comprehension of pictures.<li>Children's understanding of pictures as symbolic representations.<li>Practical and applied uses of drawings, particularly in clinical and legal settings.<li>Diverse educational practices of teaching drawing across the world.</ul><p>Presenting up-to-date research and pointing towards future topics of study, <i>Children and Pictures</i> brings the study of children's drawings into mainstream child development studies. This is an edifying resource for students, researchers, practitioners, parents, artists, and educators in the field.