In this article, we compare the iconic and verbal natures that permeate the visual and verbal languages in order to analyze the meanings of literary reading for children and reflect on teacher education. Writing is perceived as a mixed structure supported by two registers - verbal and graphic, while image is considered as a picture and support set. The approaches concerning the relation between the iconic and verbal aspects are supported by studies on the literature and the fine arts, which provide ground for the building of two major axes of analysis: the paradox and the parallel. Children literature books provide examples for this discussion, since they present a dynamic and flexible behavior in face of the different types of media.
Children Literature; Iconic Aspect; Verbal Aspect
