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Jackson, Sarah E.; Degener, Rebekah May; Sivashankar, Nithya – Journal of Children's Literature, 2022
In this article, we argue that picturebooks about food production, consumption, and distribution can provide rich opportunities for early childhood educators to facilitate critical conversations about culture, power, social action, and justice with their students.
Descriptors: Food, Picture Books, Childrens Literature, Social Action
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Reid, Stephanie F.; Serafini, Frank – Journal of Children's Literature, 2018
In this study, the authors explored a selection of middle-grade multimodal novels in order to push back against prior scholarship that tended to dismiss images in novels as mere decorations, visual reiterations of informational ready provided through written language (Godfrey, 2012). Inspired by the notion that the format of the middle-grade novel…
Descriptors: Novels, Adolescent Literature, Illustrations, Reading Material Selection
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Bickford, John H., III; Schuette, Lieren N. – Journal of Children's Literature, 2016
This study examines the historical representation of the Black Freedom Movement within nonfiction trade books intended for children and adolescent readers.
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Books, United States History, Civil Rights