ERIC Number: EJ1489151
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1038-1562
EISSN: EISSN-1839-4728
Available Date: 2025-03-12
Diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand Picturebooks Published between 2021 and 2022
Nicola Daly1; Nicholas Vanderschantz1; Stella Mitchell1; Crissi Blair2
Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, v48 n1 p57-75 2025
It is widely accepted that diversity in the literature read by and with children is of great importance, both for ensuring all children see themselves in the stories they share and in ensuring children are aware of lives and experiences outside their own. There is a growing body of international literature critically exploring the diversity present in English-language children's literature, but to date very little analysing diversity in Aotearoa New Zealand. This study examines 90 picturebooks published between 2021 and 2022 in terms of representations of ethnicity, skin colour, gender, disability, family structures, and language use. Findings indicate similar representations of gender, disability, and family structure to those found internationally but higher representation in relation to the ethnicity and skin colour of primary and secondary characters. New findings in relation to language use are presented. Future research concerning the details of representation in picturebooks and other formats of children's literature in Aotearoa New Zealand is called for.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Diversity, Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Ethnicity, Gender Issues, Disabilities, Family Structure, Language Usage
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
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Author Affiliations: 1University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand; 2Te Puna Matauranga O Aotearoa, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand

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