This article examines the representations of agentive identity of non-normative male protagonists in children's picture books in relation to the affordances of this material for classroom activities. The analysis of protagonists’ agencies in five picture books revealed varied instantiations of the New Age Boy masculinity schema. A multimodal transitivity analysis of protagonists’ agentive roles yielded a profile of individual agentive identity. Protagonists’ agentive roles when interacting with conflictive antagonist characters were compared with their agentive roles when not interacting with them. Variations were significantly associated with the social domains where the conflict took place (family, school, or community) as different ways of responding to social rejection. The findings of the study concerning the representation of protagonists’ agencies provide young readers with models of action in situations of social rejection that can help make more informed decisions for guiding the selection of gender-diverse reading material and of classroom activities of critical thinking and multimodal literacy.

本文探讨了儿童图画书中非规范男性主角的主体身份表征与该材料对课堂活动的可供性的关系。对五本图画书中主角角色的分析揭示了新时代男孩男性气质图式的不同实例。对主角主体角色的多模态及物性分析得出了个体主体身份的概况。将主角与冲突的对手角色互动时的代理角色与不与他们互动时的代理角色进行比较。作为应对社会拒绝的不同方式，差异与发生冲突的社会领域（家庭、学校或社区）显着相关。