Sixteen international academics and researchers contribute 14 chapters to the first volume focusing explicitly on children's knowledge and interpretations of pictorial representations, including their understanding of the role of the artist as producer of pictures and of the viewer as beholder of pictures. Topics addressed include what children of different ages know about the nature of pictures as representations of the world, as intentional communications conveyed by artists, and as aesthetic objects, and what children of different ages understand about the different ways to depict objects and scenes. For researchers of children's cognitive development, particularly those working in the field of symbolic and representational development, and for researchers and educators in art education. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)