Enlivening Justice-Oriented Picturebooks through ‘Slow Looking’ Illustrations

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Abstract

This qualitative analysis features one fifth grade reader from Eritrea as she connects to picturebook characters with similar phenotype and cultural experiences. We highlight the visual, material, and multimodal ways picturebooks serve as literacy mentors and identity-affirming tools. To conclude, we offer teacher education programs essential pedagogical and theoretical implications of ‘slow looking’ illustrations by unpacking the significance of teachers as inclusive picturebook curators, their picturebook practices and impact on student literacy learning and identity.

Authors

• Angie Zapata, University of Missouri

• Sarah D. Reid, Illinois State University