Maureen Cox is Reader in Psychology at the University of York. She has published eight books including Visual Order: The Nature and Development of Pictorial Presentation (edited with N. H. Freeman, Cambridge, 1985), The Child's Point of View: The Development of Cognition and Language, 2nd edition (1991), Children's Drawings (1992), and Teaching Young Children to Draw (with G. Cooke and D. Griffin, 1998).

• 1. Introduction; 2. Children's understanding of the representational nature of pictures; 3. Children's appreciation; 4. Children's early mark-making; 5. Being realistic; 6. The spatial organisation of the picture; 7. Children's ability to depict expressions of emotion; 8. The development of children's pictures and the history of art; 9. Artistic development in special populations; 10. Cultural influences on children's artwork; 11. Professionals' use of children's drawings; 12. Children's art and education; 13. Picturing the future; Appendix: Theories of visual perception and the perception of pictures; References.

'Cox effortlessly navigates a large body of work to provide a lavishly illustrated, beautifully written coherent contemporary account of the study of children's pictorial representation. … both engaging and informative - a rich overview of the research. Whether you are a researcher, student or interested browser, you should definitely buy … this book.' The Psychologist