Asian-American: What teacher should know. Keywords: picture books, immigrant children, adjustment, identity developmentĮric Resource Center. She has gradually undergone a change of identity, which is from a Korean girl to be an Asian-American.
The result of this study shows that Yoon has experienced adjustment and acculturation during her adaptation to American culture. This paper uses sociological approach to analyze the story of Yoon in the picture books. The method of this study is descriptive qualitative based on the library research. As a Korean girl who moves to America, Yoon has to adapt and adjust with new different environment. The purpose of this study is to analyze the identity development of immigrant children in America as portrayed in Yoon character in the picture books by Helen Recorvits. This issue becomes very interesting to be analyzed because the readers will get more understanding on how immigrant children face several cultural differences in America, especially on how they develop their identity. “Through picture books about immigrants, nonimmigrant children can learn about the immigrant experience (Johnson and Smith, 1993) and be exposed to different cultures in the social studies classroom” (Lamme, Linda, et al., 2004: 123).
The topic of cultural differences in picture books can be used as a medium for school-age children to understand more about the condition of immigrant children in America.
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