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An Analysis of the Social and Ethnic Attributes of the Characters in Children's Books Which Have Won Awards

The problems under study were the following: 1. To determine the distribution of social and ethnic groups among the characters in books that have been awarded the Newbery and Caldecott Medals, and to analyze the treatment of certain groups. 2. To compare the ethnic distribution of characters in fifteen early Newbery Award books with the ethnic distribution of characters in fifteen recent Newbery Award books. 3. To interpret the findings of this study in the light of the objectives of the elementary school library.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc164262
Date08 1900
CreatorsElkins, Hilda Arnold
ContributorsDaniel, Artie Arwell, Webb, D. A. (David Allardice), 1912-1994, Bradley, R. C., Black, Watt L.
PublisherNorth Texas State University
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 100 leaves, Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Elkins, Hilda Arnold

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