Children's literature

"This is a review of the classic, well known fantasy childrens novel - The Never Ending Story by Michael Ende. I first read this book as a child, given to me by Grandmother whom often recommended or gave books to me as presents to instil a love of reading in me. I grew to love her recommendations as they were often books that were for children, but didn't talk down to them, and this is one such book. The story is a classic coming of age story and hero adventure of a young boy's journey through…

and ethnicities, provides a new view on the world and that everyone is their own individual self. It offers children a variety of things to think about, question, or consider. The illustrations in this book are bold and vivid, which would hold children's interest while the text is read and colorful for children to enjoy. It shows all different skin types and the pictures relate them to objects also in the pictures for children to look at. The text was displayed on the page, as it was visually…

Four time winner of New York Times Best Illustrated Award, Jerry Pinkney has now recreated for us one of aesop's fables about a friendship between a mouse and a lion. The timeless story is one in which has no worlds, except for the ever so often use of a descriptive sound. Younger friends will have to interpret the brilliant works of art showing an odd relationship between a king of the jungle and a mouse. This picture book starts out with a giant and dangerous lion sparing the tiny powerless…

Enter, if you dare… I stood in the middle of the bookstore's children's section, running the pads of my thumbs along the raised, bumpy title of the book that would inevitably change my life. My brow furrowed as I studied the cover. A green creature with horns that resembled a ram's on either side of its head, gazed back at me glowing red eyes. It's gnarled and clawed hands held a sign that read, "Welcome to Horrorland where nightmares come to life!" In the distance, there was an amusement park.…

“Charles” vs. “Miss Awful” Do you think kids need to be disciplined to be successful? The two stories, “Charles” by Shirley Jackson and “Miss Awful” by Arthur Cavanaugh, are about kids’ reactions to their teachers and events that take place at school. Discipline is a major part of the stories. In “Charles” there is no discipline which causes a big problem. In “Miss Awful” the main character changes because of discipline. This is one of the many examples of the differences in setting,…

Fairytales help children overcome their anxiety. The tales bring forth the inner fears of children in an almost tangibility, giving them form in the witches, the wolves, the ogres and any situation that stands in the way of the heroes or heroines. The psychologist Bruno Bettelheim, author of The Uses of Enchantment, declares that because the dark aspects of life are unavoidable and fairytales can present a confrontation to the inner fears of children (8). For instance, the story “Three Feathers”…

While writing entertaining children’s books, Dr. Seuss also wanted to express very distinct social messages. One message that he sends in one is about greedy can lead to lessons learned the hard way of losing valuable friends. He does this in The Lorax in The Sneetches.The Lorax is about an inventor that chops down a tree and goes money hungry and eventual chops an entire forest down.The Sneetches is about two types of Sneetches ones with no star on their bellies and ones with and they get…

For hundreds of years now children’s stories have been told; parents read them to their children, children read them on their own and once they grow out of them they pass them on. Have you ever looked in depth at these stories though? If you have, then you will see the typical stereotypes that are used in almost every single one of them. As the years go on though we are beginning to see different types of children’s books with different set-ups that give more equality to not only genders but to…

est WR 121 Ashputtle Analyzed Growing up as a child we are fed stories of happen endings, fairy tales and moralistic tales that teach us right from wrong. Cinderella, Snow White and even Beauty and The Beast all have hidden messages of triumph, sacrifice and true love, but is there possibly more than we can see? Different countries, authors and religions all have different variations of these magical stories. The story I am going to…

Reading fairy tale stories to children may harm them by enforcing a false belief in the supernatural.Before Disney packed them full of happy endings and singing teapots, Fairy Tales were dark, violent stories told to teach kids harsh lessons. Fathers preyed on daughters, wicked step sisters had their feet chopped to pieces and wayward children slaughtered pensioners in their own homes. While they weren’t exactly family-friendly, the inclusion of a moral tried to justify the tales’ violence—even…