From Author to Protagonist: ests include early childhood literacy learning, multicultural children’s Stories of Self-Identity literature, picture books, and reading. Development

Jean Fritz’s Homesick and Laurence Yep’s Child of the Owl share a ment, children’s literature, and reading. Her lot in common. The two authors are both puzzled by their childhood research is focused on experiences with acculturative stress and their personal identity. multicultural educa- They search for answers to the meaning of the experiences in their tion, children’s litera- stories respectively. Their stories of self-identity development are ture and literacy learning. very different. The difference indicates that children are vulnerable to acculturative stress and often pay the price for cultural conflict.