The publication of electronic picture books is increasing. However still there are objections raised in different point of views about the literary values of electronic picture books. Thus, in this paper, theories related to the literary and media cha...
The publication of electronic picture books is increasing. However still there are objections raised in different point of views about the literary values of electronic picture books. Thus, in this paper, theories related to the literary and media characteristics were examined. Based on this the electronic picture book`s literary values were contemplated. Also the digital literacy expression of ‘Cinderella’, which is a App for iPad developed by the NOSY CROW, was analyzed. Results of the analysis showed that electronic picture books take the form of the postmodern picture books. The advantages of the digital literacy expression are that by the composition of the electronic picture book based on the interaction between readers and the computer system, readers can interpret narrative pleasantly like play and experience the ecological characteristics of the creative reading book process via integration between factors of digital expression. A drawback is that in many cases there are fallacies of effects concentrating more on the digital expression than literacy expression. The significance of digital literacy expression is that readers can discover new value of electronic picture books through user experience regarding story development via multimodal interface.