The purpose of this research is to develop more effective and systematic
courage-related education in the early childhood education field. Through the
previous research and literature review, the concept of courage was redefined and
the type of courage was derived. After choosing 25 pictures books which relate
to courage, we analyzed using the type of courage and their features. The results
were as follows. First, courage is an act of trying voluntarily and continuously
according to established clear goals based on personal beliefs in order to overcome
inner and external difficulties. Second, we divided the courage into five
types - Physical Courage, Challenge Courage, Belief Courage, Social Courage,
Creative Courage- and presented each characteristic. Finally, by analyzing 25
picture books on the theme of courage according to these types and characteristics,
it was confirmed that these picture books can be an important basis for
courage-related education and development of a courage scale.