Connecting the Dots: Exploring Themes in Adoption Picturebooks

Autor/inn/en	Mattix, April A.; Crawford, Patricia A.
Titel	Connecting the Dots: Exploring Themes in Adoption Picturebooks
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Education Journal, 39 (2011) 5, S.313-321 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-3301
DOI	10.1007/s10643-011-0475-8
Schlagwörter	Adoption; Picture Books; Childrens Literature; Library Materials + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Picture book; Bilderbuch; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur
Abstract	Approximately 1.4 million school-aged children entered their families through adoption. As such, adoption represents a real and complex social issue with which young children--adopted or not--can grapple. Adoption picturebooks provide a medium by which children can explore this complicated concept. This manuscript analyzes a standard library collection of adoption picturebooks to explore the salient themes that arise throughout this body of children's literature. Four major, yet overlapping themes emerged: the adopted child as "precious", the search for identity, the pursuit of adoption, and the need to establish a sense of belonging. This study shows that the themes located within this subset of children's literature are broad, fluid and often intricately woven together; a complexity that is mirrored through the same qualities in life. Through adoption picturebooks, children are provided with a terrain in which to explore the conceptual components that frame their identities and are presented with a space to examine the realities of adoption. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10