Research Article

Korean-Origin Kindergarten Children’s Response to African-American Characters in Race-Themed Picture Books

Table 1

Description of each participant.

NameGenderAgeEthnicityFamily backgroundsDominant language

GraceFemale5Korean-AmericanParents & one younger brotherBoth
JimmyMale6KoreanParents & one younger sisterKorean
KatieFemale5Korean-AmericanParents & one older brotherEnglish
SamMale5Korean-AmericanParents & one older sisterKorean
SueFemale5Korean-AmericanOnly motherEnglish
YoungMale5Korean-AmericanParents & one older sisterEnglish

(Note: Jimmy was six years old, but he was enrolled in kindergarten.)