Abstract Culturally responsive librarians must provide high-quality children’s literature featuring characters of color via multiple formats, including audiobooks. This study examined the accessibility of audio versions of award-winning children’s novels in U.S. public libraries. Chi-Square analyses were used to determine whether offerings in six locales were distributed proportionally using a significance level of p < .05. Findings revealed an availability deficit in audio versions of novels primarily featuring characters of color. Therefore, book publishers and librarians must strengthen efforts to provide audio versions of high-quality novels written for youth audiences. Particularly needed are books reflecting Latino/a, Asian/Pacific, and American Indian populations.

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不同种族的孩子可以在有声读物中“看到”自己吗？美国图书馆系统产品的比较

摘要 文化响应型图书馆员必​​须通过多种形式（包括有声读物）提供具有色彩特征的高质量儿童文学。本研究调查了美国公共图书馆屡获殊荣的儿童小说音频版本的可访问性。卡方分析用于确定六个地区的产品是否按比例分布，显着性水平为 p < .05。调查结果显示，主要以有色人种为特色的小说音频版本存在可用性不足的问题。因此，图书出版商和图书馆员必​​须加大力度，为青少年读者提供优质小说的音频版本。特别需要反映拉丁裔/a、亚洲/太平洋和美洲印第安人人口的书籍。