Democracy in Picturebooks From Sweden and United States, 20002020

This study is a critical contribution toward the development of global conceptions of how picturebooks present democracy to young children. Picturebooks provide an essential opportunity for children who are future leaders and citizens to gain understanding of democratic principles and practices.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Background and Framework for Inquiry on Picturebooks with Democratic Themes
Chapter 2: Approach to the Examination of Democracy-Themed Picturebooks
Chapter 3: Messages about Democracy in Narrative/Fiction Picturebooks
Chapter 4: Components of Democracy in Expository Picturebooks
Chapter 5: Depictions of Democracy in Biography and Historical Fiction
Chapter 6: Iconotext - Illustrations and their Relationships to Texts and Democracy
Chapter 7: Representations of Human Qualities within the Picturebooks
Chapter 8: Issues and Outcomes from the Democracy Picturebook Analyses
Picturebook Reference List

About the author

Mary Alice Barksdale is professor emeritus at the School of Education at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Getahun Yacob Abraham is senior lecturer at Borås and Karlstad Universities.

Summary

This study is a critical contribution toward the development of global conceptions of how picturebooks present democracy to young children. Picturebooks provide an essential opportunity for children who are future leaders and citizens to gain understanding of democratic principles and practices.

Product details

• Authors: Getahun Yacob Abraham, Mary Alice Barksdale, Mary Alice Abraham Barksdale
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9781793651402
• ISBN: 978-1-79365-140-2
• No. of pages: 210
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / Scandinavian, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Children’s & teenage literature studies: general, Children's & teenage literature studies