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Disabilities Portrayed in Picturebooks with the Pura Belpré Award

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Disabilities, picture book, Pura Belpré Award, LatinX

Journal/Book/Conference Title

New Review of Children's Literature and Librarianship

Volume

28

Issue

1-2

First Page

70

Last Page

85

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.

Department

Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Original Publication Date

1-21-2022

DOI of published version

10.1080/13614541.2021.2020552

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