人物是文學中重要的構成要素。人物具有「形象性」，立體而鮮明的呈現人物之性格；人物亦具有「典範」功能，透過文字引發兒童產生認同與崇敬之心理，且其生動的形象與性格特質能彰顯故事主題並傳達思想與價值。人物是兒童對自我之投射與期望，更是仿效、學習的對象，讓兒童在潛移默化中陶冶了人格與心性，形塑了思想與價值。

Characters are important elements in literature, vividly displaying their distinct personality with “Image”. Performing the function as “examples”, characters arouse children’s psychological identification and admiration by means of written words and achieve embodiment of the story theme and conveyance of thoughts and value. Characters in literature shall not only be children’s projection of their selves and expectation but also provide the targets for them to imitate and learn, able to cultivate children’s personality and mould their thoughts and value.