Children's songs

"Obsessed by a fairytale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace" (Eugene O'Neill). People are brought up being taught that that a fairytale is a fictional story that may feature folkloric characters and enchantments, often involving a far fetched sequence of events. But the reality is fairytales are fabricated stories, intended to deceive the reader. Disney deceives its readers by heavily fluffing up its stories with enchantment, taking away the story line…

of Theodor Geisel’s books may be meant for kids, deeply hidden in the childish text is a meaningful message. Seuss inscripts a deep message into his books because he wants to express his feelings during a specific part of his life in the form of children’s literature. Two of his books, entitled The Lorax and The Sneetches, published on August 12th, 1971, and August 28th, 1961, respectively. The Lorax, about a small orange man who loses his home and his forest because of a destructive and…

The speech “The Case for Good Taste in Children’s Books” is given my Meghan Cox Gurdon. She is a children’s book reviewer for the Wall Street journal. In her speech, she discusses what makes a young adult book today. How the stories like the Jungle Book and Alice in Wonderland are the past. Because today, books discuss the profound ways of things that teenagers could be exposed to. And as adults and parents it’s important to protect our children from these types of books, because books are the…

I heard a woman once say that “fairytales are a reminder that our lives will get better if we just hold on to hope” (Snow). Although fairytales are believed to have been a source created to teach morals to children, as an adult I feel the consolation of a fairy-tale, I hold on to the hope instilled by the author through the characters. I indulge in the joyous and unexpected turn of a story that has a happy ending. And I dream of finding the true love that is exemplified in these so called…

There are many books that are directed towards a younger audience, and are meant to be a quick and fairly easy read. But this does not necessarily mean that an older person cannot enjoy these books, and in fact, the near exact opposite is true in certain instances. Bridge to Terabithia is a fictional book by Katherine Paterson, and although it is a rather simple book to read through, it addresses many complicated themes, and even some that a younger person may not understand. The story focuses…

People remember from their childhood when parents read them a fairy tale such as “The Little Mermaid” and “Beauty and the Beast” before they went to sleep. Fairy tales have a huge importance to society and children because several of them were made into movies and fairy tales can be derived from folklore, ancient poetry, or medieval European literature. Also, many fairy tales have several morals in them while others relate back to valuable life lessons for people. With morals and many children…

issues to his youthful readers. It was important to Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel that his readers got more from his stories than simple humor and rhyme. An example of this can be seen in the poem “Yertle the Turtle” which on the surface is just a simple children's story but it actually provides information on the culture of the time. This poem includes a multitude of…

APA CITATION: White, E.B. (1952). Charlotte's web. Manhattan, NY: Harper & Brothers. AGE JUSTIFICATION: Around third grade children start reading chapter books in school, therefore I think this children’s book would be fitting for children around the ages of 7 to 10. I would classify this text as a beginner chapter book being that the font is big and the paragraphs do not contain hard vocabulary. The plot is relatable and easy for the children to follow as well. There are also multiple…

C. S. Lewis and His Reasoning Young children are easily fooled with mystical beings that are created for joy, like the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus. As we grow older however, we lose our sense of wonder as well as our beliefs in such characters, we can still look back on our childhood and when we did believe with the help of well known author C.S. Lewis. Lewis are able to bring back the wonder that older people were able to feel when they were at a young age by telling stories about magical…

Children training to become weapons and to eradicate an entire species and cruelty towards those children, such as purposely putting them in situations that would cause them harm are violations against Human Rights. The novel I have chosen is Ender’s Game, a book with several Human Rights issues woven into the storyline; such taking a six year old and throwing them into dangerous situations so they can end a nonexistent war. Human Rights issues are not only in the book, the book is simply a way…