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New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship Volume 28, 2022 - Issue 1-2
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Research Article

Disabilities Portrayed in Picturebooks with the Pura Belpré Award

Sohyun Meachama Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Schindler Education Center 613D, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Wu-Ying Hsiehb Department of Special Education, Schindler Education Center 118, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8153-0203View further author information
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Su-Jeong Weec Department of Child and Family Studies, The California State University, Los Angeles, California, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2637-0731View further author information
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Pei-Chun Chend Counseling, School of Applied Human Sciences, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, USAView further author information
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Bryce Davise Teacher at Griffith Elementary School, Phoenix, Arizona, USAView further author information
Pages 70-85 | Published online: 21 Jan 2022
 
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ABSTRACT

This study analyzed how disabilities were portrayed in picturebooks with the Pura Belpré Award. We used the pool of 67 picturebooks recognized by the Pura Belpré Award from 1996 to 2018 as the data for our systematic content analysis. The results showed that characters with disabilities and the types of disabilities were represented disproportionately in the books compared to the general PreK-2 population with disabilities in the United States. Only six characters whose presence impacted the story were identified to have a disability. More materials that mirror LatinX children characters with disabilities are needed in the U.S.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

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Funding

This work was supported by The Children’s Literature Association under the 2019 Diversity Research Grant.

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