Given the current climate of immigration discourse and proposed changes to US immigration policies, it is critical to examine how immigration is presented to society’s youngest readers. Because racial tension is embedded in immigration policies, children’s picture books with anthropomorphic characters offer the possibility of learning about immigration as a phenomenon removed from master narratives. We focus on five picture books with anthropomorphic characters and explore the portrayal of immigrants and their stories. Using critical multicultural analysis, we unpack stereotypes, storylines, relationships between characters, messages about different lifestyles, creators’ backgrounds and perspectives, and loaded words. Cultural character traits were used purposefully to unpack messages about acceptance or the lack thereof. The storylines emphasize the characters’ traits, agency, and strategies of inclusion. Parallels can be drawn between the current immigration discourse and the books’ storylines, making the books appropriate resources to address immigration topics in the elementary education classroom.

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儿童文学中的拟人化人物

鉴于当前的移民讨论氛围和美国移民政策的拟议变化，研究移民如何呈现给社会最年轻的读者至关重要。由于种族紧张局势嵌入在移民政策中，具有拟人化特征的儿童图画书提供了了解移民作为一种脱离主叙事的现象的可能性。我们专注于五本具有拟人化人物的图画书，探索移民及其故事的写照。使用批判性的多元文化分析，我们解开刻板印象、故事情节、角色之间的关系、关于不同生活方式的信息、创作者的背景和观点以及加载的词。文化性格特征被有目的地用来解开关于接受或缺乏接受的信息。故事情节强调角色的特征、能动性和包容策略。可以在当前的移民论述和书籍的故事情节之间进行比较，使书籍成为解决基础教育课堂移民问题的合适资源。