{"id":54406,"date":"2020-10-15T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T07:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=54406"},"modified":"2020-10-14T17:16:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T00:16:46","slug":"in-20-years-of-award-winning-picture-books-non-white-people-made-up-just-12-of-main-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/in-20-years-of-award-winning-picture-books-non-white-people-made-up-just-12-of-main-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"In 20 years of award-winning picture books, non-white people made up just 12% of main characters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-54407\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kids-books.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kids-books.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kids-books-250x156.jpg 250w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/kids-books-600x375.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A highlight for Australian children\u2019s literature is the announcements of the Children\u2019s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year award winners. This year\u2019s winners will be announced on Friday October 16 \u2014 right before the start of CBCA\u2019s Book Week on October 19.<\/p>\n<p>Making the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cbca.org.au\/shortlist-2020\">shortlist<\/a>\u00a0brings great exposure for the books and their creators. The shortlisted books are put on special display in public school libraries and supermarket shelves. They are even made into teaching\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/petaa.edu.au\/w\/Teaching_Resources\/CBCA2020\/2020_CBCA_Guide.aspx\">resources<\/a>, suggesting an exploration of the book\u2019s themes, for instance.<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, award lists contribute to the \u201ccanon\u201d of literary works that become widely read. This canon is distributed through libraries, schools and homes. Sometimes, benevolent relatives\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/5-reasons-i-always-get-children-picture-books-for-christmas-127801\">give them as gifts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We investigated the diversity \u2014 including ethnicity, gender and sexuality \u2014 of the 118 shortlisted books in the early childhood category of Book of the Year between 2001 and 2020. We also examined diversity among the 103 authors and illustrators who have made the shortlist over the past 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Our yet unpublished study found most (88%) human main characters in the shortlisted books were white; none of the main characters were Asian, Black or Middle Eastern.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Why diversity matters<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cbca.org.au\/\">CBCA<\/a>\u00a0was formed in 1945, as a national not-for-profit organisation promoting children\u2019s literary experiences and supporting Australian writers and illustrators. The first awards began in 1946.<\/p>\n<p>There were originally three categories for Book of the Year: older readers, younger readers and picture book.<\/p>\n<p>In 2001, \u201cearly childhood\u201d was added as a category. This was for picture books for children up to six years old.<\/p>\n<p>Picture books are significant for not only developing early literacy skills, but also for the messages and values they convey about society. They\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.betterreading.com.au\/podcast\/new-6-part-podcast-series-a-conversation-about-diversity-in-childrens-books\/\">help children learn about their world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The diversity children see represented in that world\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/bias-starts-early-most-books-in-childcare-centres-have-white-middle-class-heroes-130208\">affects their sense of belonging and inclusion<\/a>. At this age, cultural values and bias settle in and become the foundation for how we develop. These values and biases have a profound influence on our successes and struggles in our adult lives.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>A positive for gender diversity, but not ethnicity<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We used visual content analysis to examine ethnic diversity, we well as gender, disability, sexuality and linguistic variation in the 118 early childhood category shortlisted books \u2014 between 2001 and 2020.<\/p>\n<p>We also examined diversity among the 103 authors and illustrators who have made the shortlist over the past 20 years. Only one person \u2014 Alywarr illustrator Dion Beasley, from the Northern Territory, and winner in 2017 for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cbca.org.au\/book\/go-home-cheeky-animals\">Go Home Cheeky Animals<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 identifies as Indigenous.<\/p>\n<p>Female authors and illustrators, however, were more represented (66%) than male (34%).<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the picture books, we first identified four major types of characters: human (52.5%), animal (41.5%), object (4.4%) and imaginary (1.4%).<\/p>\n<p>We then distinguished between main characters and those in supporting roles that make up the story world in which the main characters act.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most encouraging findings was the gender parity among main characters. We identified 52 solo human main characters across all 118 books. Fifty-one of these are children, with 25 boy and 24 girl main characters (two main characters were not identified by gender).<\/p>\n<p>This placed boys and girls equally in the role of the protagonist, which stands in contrast to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/i-looked-at-100-best-selling-picture-books-female-protagonists-were-largely-invisible-115843\">previous research looking at best-selling picture books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But in terms of ethnicity, the human main characters are overwhelmingly white (88%). There are just two Indigenous main characters and one who is multiracial. There have been no Asian, Black or Middle Eastern main characters.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the wider story world, supporting characters are still overwhelmingly white. But this world does marginally include characters of Asian, Black and Middle Eastern heritage. Overall, human characters appear in 85 (72%) of the 118 books.<\/p>\n<p>White characters appear in 74 of these books, and only nine books have no white characters. Non-white characters appear in a total of 18 books (21%).<\/p>\n<p>Our results for ethnic diversity don\u2019t correlate well with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/statistics\/people\/population\/migration-australia\/latest-release\">latest Australian census data<\/a>\u00a0(from 2016). The cultural heritage of Australia\u2019s population is described as: 76.8% white, 10% East and Southeast Asian, 4.6% South Asian, 3.1% West Asian and Arabic, 2.8% Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, 1.5% Maori and Pacific Islander, 0.7% African, 0.6% Latin American.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_54408\" style=\"width: 690px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54408\" class=\"size-full wp-image-54408\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/earlychildhoodshortlist.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/earlychildhoodshortlist.png 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/earlychildhoodshortlist-250x119.png 250w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/earlychildhoodshortlist-600x285.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-54408\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2020 Early Childhood Book of the Year shortlist. CBCA\/Screenshot<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The CBCA early childhood shortlist minimally represents other forms of diversity. We see only two main characters living with a disability and no characters who are sexually and gender diverse.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Other types of diversity<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Linguistic variation is also minimal, in only four books, which does not reflect the linguistic diversity of the wider Australian population.<\/p>\n<p>In response to our queries regarding their judging criteria, the CBCA said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>we do not select books for entry into our awards. It is the publishers and creators who select the books for entry. Our main criterion is literary merit, we do not actively exclude diversity, themes or genre.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Only two of the six 2020 shortlisted books in the early childhood category have human main characters. And these are both white.<\/p>\n<p>The age of zero to six years is a crucial stage of development. It is important for young readers to see people and surroundings that are like their own to cultivate a sense of belonging. It is equally important to see a different world they are not familiar with.<\/p>\n<p>If award-winning books sit at the top of reading lists, these books also need to embrace and reflect the full and rich diversity that makes up our country.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bios:<\/strong> Helen Caple is an Associate Professor at UNSW and Ping Tian is a Lecturer at the University of Sydney<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A highlight for Australian children\u2019s literature is the announcements of the Children\u2019s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year award winners. This year\u2019s winners will be announced on Friday October 16 \u2014 right before the start of CBCA\u2019s Book Week on October 19. Making the\u00a0shortlist\u00a0brings great exposure for the books and their creators. 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