Children’s literature is called ‘literature for children and adolescents’ (shaonian ertong wenxue). Another term, which encompasses a wider range of genres, is ‘literature and art for children and adolescents’ (shaonian...

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Children's literature is a literary genre whose primary audience is children, although many books within the genre are also enjoyed by teenagers and...

ALAS, poor ghosts! Driven out of adult literature by the sceptical, psychological age in which we live, they tend now to be relegated mainly to children's books. And even here they are often only a shadow of their former selves. In Penelope Farmer's...

GENERAL LITERATURE > Armstrong, Jennifer, Editor Shattered: Stories of Children and War 166 pp. Knopf ISBN 0-375-81112-5 15.95 LE ISBN 0-375-91112-X 17.99 (2) YA In this broadly focused collection, a dozen authors contribute stories of young people affected by war. A few,...

One Oregon couple's wedding night will be especially magical. Courtney Lanahan and Shawn Gordon of Clackamas are heading straight from their wedding reception Friday to a bookstore to get the final Harry Potter book.The book's official release date is Saturday but many stores will be...

Experts in child literacy are unanimous in their belief that parents should read with their children. The power of the parent-child bond has a positive effect on a child's attitude toward reading and his ability to read. Try the suggestions below to help make reading...

Tatar presents a feminist reading of fairy tales in the following chapter from her book; she elucidates not only that the tales were largely didactic, but that they were particularly designed to encourage their female readers to grow into submissive women.

In the following excerpt from his seminal study of children's literature, Darton discusses in detail the history of instructional literature, listing many of its practitioners and conventions.

In the following excerpt, Pattison argues that the notion of original sin—that each individual is born sinful—was fundamental to didactic children's literature; he further asserts that this belief carried into the non-didactic literature of the the latter half of the century.

The following essay will be focusing on the development of children's fantasy literature, through the discussion of the literary elements, over the period in which the five selected texts have been written. The discussion will focus on major literary elements that have changed and some that have not changed through the periods. The five works are: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Carroll, Wind in the Willows by Grahame, Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Obrien

Children's books have long been used to teach values society believes are valuable. Many of the stories, especially early children's stories, taught morals or were based on the Bible. Modern-day stories and other entertainment continue this tradition.