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Portrayal of Disabilities in Caldecott Books Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Faculty Publications 2006-5 Portrayal of Disabilities in Caldecott Books Tina Taylor Brigham Young University, [email protected] Mary Anne Prater Brigham Young University - Provo, [email protected] Jennifer Jenson Brigham Young University - Provo Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub Part of the Counseling Psychology Commons, and the Special Education and Teaching Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Taylor, Tina; Prater, Mary Anne; and Jenson, Jennifer, "Portrayal of Disabilities in Caldecott Books" (2006). Faculty Publications. 1551. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1551 This Peer-Reviewed Article is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. Portrayal of Disabilities in Caldecott Books Tina T. Dyches Mary Anne Prater Jennifer Jenson An Article Published in TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus Volume 2, Issue 5, May 2006 Copyright © 2006 by the author. This work is licensed to the public under the Creative Commons Attri- bution License. Portrayal of Disabilities in Caldecott Books Tina T. Dyches Mary Anne Prater Jennifer Jenson Abstract The authors read all of the books that received Caldecott Medal and Honor status awarded between 1938 and 2005 and found that 11 included a character with a disability. For each book, they analyzed characterizations of those with disabilities and generated tips for using the book to teach about disabilities. They argue that accurate portrayals of characters with disabilities, particularly the types of disabilities encountered most fre- quently by young children, are needed in award-winning picture books. Keywords Caldecott Award, characterization, character portrayal, picture books, stereotypes SUGGESTED CITATION: Dyches, T.T., Prater, M.A., & Jenson, J. (2006). Portrayal of disabilities in Caldecott books. TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2(5) Article 2. Retrieved [date] from http://escholarship.bc.edu/education/tecplus/vol2/iss5/art2 During the 2000-2001 academic year, book published in the preceding year. Since at least 6,375,400 students with disabilities this award was established in 1938, 67 picture attended public schools in the United States, books have received the medal, and 209 addi- representing approximately 12% of the stu- tional books have been acknowledged as Cal- dent population (OSEP, 2002). Most of these decott Honor books, bringing the total num- students were identified as having specific ber of acknowledged books to 276. learning disabilities, speech or language im- The Caldecott Medal is widely recog- pairments, mental retardation, or emotional nized by educators, librarians, parents, and disturbance (Office of Special Education Pro- children, and both medal and honor books are grams [OSEP], 2002). Nearly 10% of stu- available at most libraries. These books have dents with disabilities are preschool-aged become benchmarks for judging other picture (i.e., 3-5 years old), many having develop- books; they are considered to be high quality mental delays or speech/language impair- resources for reading and teaching experi- ments (OSEP, 2002). ences. ! Most students with disabilities are Caldecott books have been analyzed served in general education buildings and for representation of gender (Albers, 1996; classrooms (OSEP, 2002). Thus, children Crabb & Bielawski, 1994; Davis & McDan- without disabilities are coming in contact iel, 1999; Dellmann-Jenkins, Florjancic, & with peers with disabilities more than in the Swadener, 1993), ethnicity (Albers, 1996; past. This changing demographic of Amer- Dellmann-Jenkins, et al., 1993), class (Albers, ica’s classrooms necessitates greater aware- 1996), and aging (Dellmann-Jenkins & Yang, ness and understanding among teachers and 1997). However, a search of the literature students alike. found no analyses of individuals with dis- One teaching tool that may help chil- abilities. dren who do not have disabilities understand Because children’s books have the po- those who do is children’s literature. Some tential to educate others about individuals evidence supports, for example, that books with disabilities, and because Caldecott books can help change student attitudes and/or are widely available and respected, we were knowledge about disabilities (Bauer, Camp- interested in determining how many Caldecott bell, & Troxel, 1985; Favazza & Odom, Medal and Honor Books include prominent 1997). However, the mere presence in a story characters with disabilities and how these of a character with a disability is insufficient. characters are portrayed. We defined disabili- Teachers must consider the literary and artis- ties as outlined in the Individuals with Dis- tic quality of these books, since a character abilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 with a disability housed in a poorly written (IDEA). Following a report of this analysis, story or portrayed with inaccurate illustrations we provide brief summaries and general has limited potential to impact readers emo- teaching tips for using these books. tionally and intellectually. ! Many awards recognize distinguished Character Analyses children’s books, the most widely recognized for picture books being the Randolf Caldecott Our analyses of all Caldecott Honor Medal. This award is given annually to the and Medal books consisted of several steps. illustrator of the most distinguished picture First, we searched seven reference books (Baskin & Harris, 1977; Baskin & Harris, were excluded from the analysis. Further, 1984; Blaska, 2003; Dyches & Prater, 2000; characters with known disabilities and who McGowan, McGowan, & Wheeler, 1994; were considered to have a minor role or who Robertson, 1992; Sweeney, 1998) to find ref- have little impact on the plot were not in- erences to Caldecott Medal and Honor books cluded (the dwarf in Saint George and the that include characters with disabilities. We Dragon; the “old blind hoss” (horse) and the then read each book in order to find even re- one-eyed “sister” (the moon) in The Rooster mote mention of a character with some im- Crows). After reading all of the Caldecott pairment. However, only characters consid- Medal and Honor books, we found only 11 ered to be an important part of the story were that included a prominent character with a considered in the analysis. At least two read- disability. ers read each book, and if they disagreed In most of these books, the disability about whether a notable character demon- is directly relevant to the plot (e.g., Crow Boy, strated a disability, they met and came to an Seven Blind Mice). However, other portrayals agreement. were not relevant to the plot (e.g., dwarfism In analyzing characters in these books, does not directly impact the story in Snow we found that some books include main char- White and the Seven Dwarfs). Also, some of acters who may not have disabilities as de- the portrayals of the disabilities are not neces- scribed in IDEA 2004, but might be described sarily accurate (e.g., curing blindness with as being different from others in some way, tears in Rapunzel), nor are all portrayals fa- such as being clumsy (Mirandy and Brother vorable to persons with disabilities (e.g., Pe- Wind), being a troublemaker (No, David!), ter’s accident not only paralyzing his body, having a minor and temporary impairment but also his spirit in Tibet: Through the Red (Louis Blériot’s use of a crutch in The Glori- Box). Using the books without guidance may ous Flight; Robert Lawson’s father who promote misconceptions about disabilities. walked with a limp in They Were Strong and While teachers are not likely to Good), having a vivid imagination (Sam, choose Caldecott books for the direct purpose Bangs, & Moonshine; Where the Wild Things of exposing children to characters with dis- Are), being immature for one’s age (King abilities, these books are prominent through- Bidgood’s in the Bathtub), having intense fas- out the United States. The Caldecott award cination with a subject (Snowflake Bentley), carries sufficient prestige to warrant desig- or having a label that historically might indi- nated shelves for these books in bookstores cate a possible disability, but no disability and libraries. To help teachers who use Cal- was evident in the book (the court jester in decott books that include characters with dis- Many Moons). However, if this uniqueness abilities, we created teaching ideas so they does not appear to impair the character to the can provide accurate information about dis- extent that special services would be needed abilities. Many other high quality books exist to address the issue (e.g., special education, which are better suited to teaching about dis- physical therapy, speech therapy, psychologi- abilities or that portray individuals with dis- cal services), we considered it to be a person- abilities as integral to the plot. Some of these ality trait rather than a disability. Anthropo- morphic characters (e.g., the shadow is de- scribed as being blind and mute in Shadow) Table 1. Booklists and Annotated Bibliographies Accept me as I am: Best books of juvenile nonfiction on impairments and disabilities. (Friedberg, Mullins, & Sukiennik, 1985). Developmental disability in children’s literature: Issues and annotated bibliography. (Dyches & Prater, 2000). More notes from a different drummer.
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