Socialt samspel i förskolan enligt bilderböcker : Analys av bilderböcker där handlingen utspelar sig i en förskolemiljö

Sammanfattning:   The purpose of the study is to contribute knowledge about how the social interaction in preschool is portrayed in picture books. I set out the following two questions to help me achieve this goal. What interaction between children are portrayed in picture books? What interaction between children and adults is portrayed in picture books? I selected five picture books which differ in different ways, such as the year of publication, the sex of the protagonist, and that two of the books take place mostly outdoors and the remaining indoors. The result shows that the interactions predominantly positively presented in the books. Children and educators tend to be happy and enjoy their preschools. The social interaction is very prominent in the books and mainly about verbal communication and play. I have had the opportunity to make several connections between the fictional preschools and the curriculum. Some books exhibit a traditional preschool pedagogy, while especially one of them stands out by pointing to a more explorative way of working, which builds on children's interest in something specific. Such a way of working, I mean increases social interaction and positively affects it. The book describes good communication between children as well as between children and adults.