{"id":55880,"date":"2021-02-05T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T08:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world.edu\/?p=55880"},"modified":"2021-02-05T00:07:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T08:07:19","slug":"empathy-starts-early-5-australian-picture-books-that-celebrate-diversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/world.edu\/empathy-starts-early-5-australian-picture-books-that-celebrate-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"Empathy starts early: 5 Australian picture books that celebrate diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55888\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Empathy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Empathy.jpg 680w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Empathy-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Empathy-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Early exposure to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/five-tips-to-make-school-bookshelves-more-diverse-and-five-books-to-get-you-started-110718\">diverse story characters<\/a>, including in ethnicity, gender and ability, helps young people develop a strong sense of identity and belonging. It is also crucial in cultivating compassion towards others.<\/p>\n<p>Children from minority backgrounds rarely see themselves reflected in the books they\u2019re exposed to.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eric.ed.gov\/?id=EJ1119279\">Research<\/a>\u00a0over the past two decades shows the world presented in children\u2019s books is overwhelmingly white, male and middle class.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/bias-starts-early-most-books-in-childcare-centres-have-white-middle-class-heroes-130208\">2020 study<\/a>\u00a0in four Western Australian childcare centres showed only 18% of books available included non-white characters. Animal characters made up around half the books available and largely led \u201chuman\u201d lives, adhering to the values of middle-class Caucasians.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rdcu.be\/cdpqL\">our recent research<\/a>\u00a0of award-winning and shortlisted picture books, we looked at diversity in representations of Indigenous Australians, linguistically and culturally diverse characters, characters from regional or rural Australia, gender, sex and sexually diverse characters, and characters with a disability.<\/p>\n<p>From these, we have compiled a list of recommended picture books that depict each of these five aspects of diversity.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander characters<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com.au\/9781921504105\/tom-tom\/\">Tom Tom<\/a>, by Rosemary Sullivan and Dee Huxley (2010), depicts the daily life of a young Aboriginal boy Tom (Tommy) in a fictional Aboriginal community \u2014\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lemonadesprings.com.au\/index.html\">Lemonade Springs<\/a>. The community\u2019s landscape, in many ways, resembles the Top End of Australia.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55882\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55882\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55882\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/tomtom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"158\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harper Collins<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tom\u2019s 22 cousins and other relatives call him Tom Tom. His day starts with a swim with cousins in the waters of Lemonade Springs, which is covered with budding and blossoming water lilies. The children swing on paperbark branches and splash into the water. Tom Tom walks to Granny Annie\u2019s for lunch and spends the night at Granny May\u2019s. At preschool, he enjoys painting.<\/p>\n<p>Through this picture book, non-Indigenous readers will have a glimpse of the intimate relationship between people and nature and how, in Lemonade Springs, a whole village comes together to raise a child.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Characters from other cultures<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1742372481\/ref=x_gr_w_bb_sout?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=x_gr_w_bb_sout-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1742372481&amp;SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2\">That\u2019s not a daffodil!<\/a>\u00a0by Elizabeth Honey (2012) is a story about a young boy\u2019s (Tom) relationship with his neighbour, Mr Yilmaz, who comes from Turkey. Together, Tom and Mr Yilmaz plant, nurture and watch a seed grow into a beautiful daffodil.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55883\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55883\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55883\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rgatisnot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rgatisnot.jpg 150w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rgatisnot-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/rgatisnot-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Allen &amp; Unwin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The author uses the last page of the book to explain that, in Turkish, Mr Yilmaz\u2019s name does not have a dotted \u201ci\u201d, as in the English alphabet, and his name should be pronounced \u201cYuhlmuz\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>While non-white characters, Mr Yilmaz and his grandchildren, only play supporting roles in the story, the book nevertheless captures the reality of our everyday encounters with neighbours from diverse ethnic backgrounds.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Characters from rural Australia<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newfrontier.com.au\/books\/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-rain\">All I Want for Christmas is Rain<\/a>, by Cori Brooke and Megan Forward (2017), depicts scenery and characters from regional or rural Australia. The story centres on the little girl Jane\u2019s experience of severe drought on the farm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55885\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55885\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55885\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/xmasrain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"130\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Frontier Publishing<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The story can encourage\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/d.site-cdn.net\/916339b02a\/a13ed7\/swedits2all-i-want-for-christmas-is-rain-teaching-notes-.pdf\">students\u2019 discussion<\/a>\u00a0of sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of diversity, it is equally important to meet children living in remote and regional areas as it is to see children\u2019s lives in the city.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Gender non-conforming characters<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/diannewolfer.com\/books\/picture-books\/granny-grommet-and-me\/\">Granny Grommet and Me<\/a>, by Dianne Wolfer and Karen Blair (2014), is full of beautiful illustrations of the Australian beach and surfing grannies.<\/p>\n<p>Told from the first-person point of view, it documents the narrator\u2019s experiences of going snorkelling, surfing and rockpool swimming with granny and her grommet (amateur surfer) friends.<\/p>\n<p>In an age of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mumstrife.com\/lifestyle\/technology\/bluey-is-a-girl\/\">parents\u2019 increasing concern<\/a>\u00a0about gender stereotyping (blue for boy, pink for girl) of story characters in popular culture, Granny Grommet and Me\u2019s representation of its main character \u201cMe\u201d is uniquely free from such bias.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55886\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55886\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55886\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/granny.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"129\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walker Books<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The main character wears a black wetsuit and a white sunhat and is not named in the book (a potential means of assigning gender).<\/p>\n<p>This gender-neutral representation of the character does not reduce the pleasure of reading this book. And it shows we can minimise attributes that symbolise stereotypes such as clothing, other accessories and naming.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Characters living with a disability<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/resource.scholastic.com.au\/resourcefiles\/8495028_65542.pdf\">Boy<\/a>, by Phil Cummings and Shane Devries (2018), is a story about a boy who is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aussiedeafkids.org.au\/terminology-for-deafness.html\">Deaf<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He uses sign language to communicate but people who live in the same village rarely understand him. That is, until he steps into the middle of a war between the king and the dragon that frightens the villagers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_55887\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55887\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55887\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Boy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"167\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-55887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Phil Cummings<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He resolves the conflict using his unique communication style and the villagers resolve to learn to communicate better with him by learning his language.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Author Bios:<\/strong> Ping Tian is Honorary Associate, Department of Linguistics at the University of Sydney and Helen Caple is Associate Professor in Communications and Journalism at UNSW<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early exposure to\u00a0diverse story characters, including in ethnicity, gender and ability, helps young people develop a strong sense of identity and belonging. 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Children from minority backgrounds rarely see themselves reflected in the books they\u2019re exposed to.\u00a0Research\u00a0over the past two decades shows the world presented in children\u2019s [&hellip;]\n&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/empathy-starts-early-5-australian-picture-books-that-celebrate-diversity\/\" class=\"more\">learn more&rarr;<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":55888,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15645],"tags":[32441],"coauthors":[11733],"class_list":["post-55880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-empathy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Empathy starts early: 5 Australian picture books that celebrate diversity - World leading higher education information and services<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/empathy-starts-early-5-australian-picture-books-that-celebrate-diversity\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Empathy starts early: 5 Australian picture books that celebrate diversity - World leading higher education information and services\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Early exposure to\u00a0diverse story characters, including in ethnicity, gender and ability, helps young people develop a strong sense of identity and belonging. 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