Resolution of Problems . Role of Women. Look for inaccuracy and inappropriateness in the depiction of other cultures. Consider the Author's or Illustrator's Background Analyze the biographical material on the jacket flap or the back of the book. No author can be wholly objective.
All authors write out of a cultural, as well as a personal context.
Children's books in the past have traditionally come from authors who were white and who were members of the middle class, with one result being that a single ethnocentric perspective has dominated children's literature in the United States. A word is loaded when it has insulting overtones. Look for sexist language and adjectives that exclude or ridicule women. Look for use of the male pronoun to refer to both males and females. They therefore reflected a white point of view.