The Portrayal of Older People in Award-winning Literature for Children

Mary Dellmann‐Jenkins · Lisa Y. Yang

32 citations0/0 files storedJournal of Research in Childhood Education

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Themes in Literature Analysis Aging and Gerontology Research Media, Gender, and Advertising

Abstract

This study extended previous research on picture books receiving the prestigious Caldecott Medal by examining illustrations for the portrayal of older adult characters. Comparison of the 1972–1983 and 1984–1995 groups of Caldecott winners revealed significant changes in the depiction of older people in the more recent group of award books. Recent books portray them in a more positive manner. In addition, only two significant gender differences in a field of 36 possibilities were found over the entire 23-year period of Caldecott award-winners. Implications are drawn regarding the important role picture books play in the construction of young readers' positive attitudes toward old age and older people.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 32 citations exist upstream.

References

1972Sex-Role Socialization in Picture Books for Preschool Children 1977AGE AND AGEISM IN CHILDREN'S FIRST LITERATURE 1983CHANGING CHILDREN'S PERCEPTIONS OF THE ELDERLY 1987Sex Role Socialization in Picture Books: An Update.1984Sex-role stereotyping in children's literature: A change from the past.1978Ageism—The Subtle Stereotype 1988DEPICTIONS OF GRANDPARENTS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 1986Old and Young Together: Effect of an Educational Program on Preschoolers' Attitudes Toward Older People.

Cited by

2017From “Bibbid-Bobbidi-Boo” to Scrooge: an update and comparative analysis of the portrayal of older characters in recent Disney animated films 2012The portrayal of older characters in popular children's picture books in the US 2017Where Are the People of Color?: Representation of Cultural Diversity in the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and Advocating for Diverse Books in a Non-Post Racial Society 1999Children's perceptions of older adults : past and present

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.