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The purposes of this study were to explore the possibility of postmodern picture books as a Korean reading materials. From the results of this study we could make the following conclusions. First, intertextuality is a process of revising and expanding the horizon of the reader’s thought through the mutual relationship between various historical texts and contemporary texts. Second, postmodern picturebooks can be reading materials stimulating the readers’ interest because the storybooks include unique characteristics such as non‐linear narratives, self directed components, and meta‐fictions and therefore it is possible to approach from highly diverse viewpoints. Third, this study conducted analysis for work centered intertextuality, author‐centered intertextuality, and reader centered intertextuality, and this process of analysis confirmed that there can be a large number of combinations of multiple texts depending on applied criteria. Fourth, this study showed that postmodern picture books can be an effective reading resource for Korean Education as a Foreign Language.