A Content Analysis Case Study: The Story Picture Book “The Sandwich Swap” by Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan with Kelly DiPucchio as a Children’s Literature

Abstract

This study aimed at analyzing "The Sandwich Swap” by her majesty queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan with Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by Tricia Tusa as a type of children's literature to find out to what extent it agrees with a group of criteria developed by the researcher himself. The criteria is a checklist of thirteen items grouped under five subheadings: a) the title, b) the story, c) characters, d) the theme and e) the illustrations. Each of the criterion follows Likert Scale: Excellent, good, adequate, poor, totally lacking mandatory ,optional and not applicable. After analyzing the story depending on those criteria, the findings of the study revealed that "The Sandwich Swap” as a story picture book is of great educational value that reflects a unique royal writing in children's literature and it agrees with criteria used in the analysis process with an "Excellent of four points “in Likert Scale in all the thirteen items.