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    Children's Books as Academic Knowledge Mobilization: Project Report
    (2024-05-14) Diaz Agudelo, Marcia; Bui, Alan; Lee, Leigh-Ann; Grimes, Sara M.
    There is an emerging trend of picture books written by academic authors who want to share their scholarship and ideas with children. This opens exciting new opportunities for democratizing academic knowledge and advancing scientific and technological literacy across age groups. The Children’s Books as Academic Knowledge Mobilization Project compared and analyzed 90 children’s picture books published between 2017 and 2022 written by academics for the purpose of mobilizing research findings, theories, and ideas. First, our literature review identified six “considerations” representing key trends and insights found in the existing academic literature examining children’s picture books, literacy, and learning about research, which provided the structure of our content analysis. We then describe the findings of our content analysis, while identifying best practices and common mistakes to avoid. We recommend that academics think about the six considerations discussed in this report as (or before) they begin writing their own children’s book. After describing our content analysis findings, we provide an additional seven tips for producing an effective and high-quality children’s picture book, covering issues and decisions that arise over the book-production lifecycle. Throughout the report, we emphasize the benefits that picture books can have for children’s scientific literacy and cultural participation.