CONSIDERING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE .A READER

STUDY O BE FOR OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IS NOT JUST ABOUT CHILDREN AND THE BOOKS ATURE THEM; IT IS ALSO ABOUT THE SOCIETIES AND CULTURES FROM WHICH THE DREN AND cOMES, AND IT IS ABOUT THE ASSUMPTIONS AND IDEAS WE HOLD ABOUT fIMATELY BOTH CHILDHOOD. AN FOR ADULTS, READING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IS ACT OF NOs TALGIA AND OF vsIDER CHILDREN'S SELF-EXAMINATION. WHEN WE LITERATURE, WE MUST INCLUDE OURSELVES IN THE EQUATION: AT KINDs OF READERS ARE WE? How DO WE RELATE TO BOOKS AND STORIES? To WHAT SREE SHOULD WE IMPOSE OUR EXPERIENCE UPON OTH ERS ERATURE ACTIVELY CAN LEAD ? READING CHILDREN'S TO ALL KINDS OF REMARKABLE SETTLING) REVELATIONs ABOUT (AND SOMETIMES OURSEL VES AND OUR ROM THE STUDY O BE FOR OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IS NOT JUST ABOUT CHILDREN AND THE BOOKS ATURE THEM; IT IS ALSO ABOUT THE SOCIETIES AND CULTURES FROM WHICH THE DREN AND cOMES, AND IT IS ABOUT THE ASSUMPTIONS AND IDEAS WE HOLD ABOUT fIMATELY BOTH CHILDHOOD. AN FOR ADULTS, READING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IS ACT OF NOs TALGIA AND OF vsIDER CHILDREN'S SELF-EXAMINATION. WHEN WE LITERATURE, WE MUST INCLUDE OURSELVES IN THE EQUATION: AT KINDs OF READERS ARE WE? How DO WE RELATE TO BOOKS AND STORIES? To WHAT SREE SHOULD WE IMPOSE OUR EXPERIENCE UPON OTH ERS ERATURE ACTIVELY CAN LEAD ? READING CHILDREN'S TO ALL KINDS OF REMARKABLE SETTLING) REVELATIONs ABOUT (AND SOMETIMES OURSEL VES AND OUR ROM THE SoCIETY.' INTRODUCTION NSIDERING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IS A COLLECTION OF PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED SAYS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS THAT INFORM THE STUDY OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. EXPLORING ISSUES SUCH AS CENSORSHIP, THE CANON, THE MEANINGS OF FAIRY TALES, AND THE ADAPTATION OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE INTO FILM, THE ESSAYs IN THIS ANTHOLOGY ARE AS DIVERSE AS THEY ARE LLUMINATING.' INTRODUCTION NSIDERING CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IS A COLLECTION OF PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED SAYS ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS THAT INFORM THE STUDY OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE. EXPLORING ISSUES SUCH AS CENSORSHIP, THE CANON, THE MEANINGS OF FAIRY TALES, AND THE ADAPTATION OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE INTO FILM, THE ESSAYs IN THIS ANTHOLOGY ARE AS DIVERSE AS THEY ARE LLUMINATING