Stories like “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” teaches us that we shouldn’t lie. These lessons can be really worthwhile for kids as it teaches them things for the future. Fairy tales aren’t only exciting and epic, you know! In conclusion, fairy tales are harmless stories. Parents can put a ban to the ones that have too much violence but fairy tales provide reading material for kids, a strong reading future and they teach kids
Although Sendak doesn’t textually explain these shenanigans, the reader is positioned to make the narrative connections themselves. This then leads them to believe Max doesn’t feel like he belongs in his reality, he belongs with the wild things. Imagery is extremely important in children’s picture books because it acts as catalysts for their imagination which is extremely important for their cognitive development. The author shows Max’s use of imagination in the opening scenes, when he is sent to bed without supper. The image frames in the book are small in the beginning but once Max starts creating his ultimate reality of where the wild things are the size of the illustrations grow, leaking out of the frame and eventually onto a two page spread.
Before looking at the use of violence in the two literary pieces in particular, it is useful to discuss the use of violence in children’s literature in general terms. It is interesting to explore some of the reasons for why authors may choose to use violence in their writings for younger audiences. One of the reasons could be based on the belief that children seek for adventure and action in stories. Pilgrim and McAllister argue: ‘Young people want their reading materials to be filled with derring-do.’ Violence and action generally go hand in hand which could be one of the reasons for why it often appeals to children. Pilgrim and McAllister come up with yet another reason for why violence is often used in literature.
Dr. Seuss is famous for writing children books that contain rhyming, imaginative characters, and off the wall story lines. Dr. Seuss’s “Oh The Places You’ll Go” is a prime example. When reading, “Oh The Places You’ll Go” from a child to an adolescent, your view of the book changes dramatically. The book merely means to a young child that life is full of excitement and to explore the many options that life may bring you. But as an adolescent, the book is trying to tell you that nothing comes easy in life and to choose your paths wisely.
Essay # 2| CONFLICTS IN CHILDREN’S LITERATURE | Conflicts are very essential for literature fiction to engage readers. A story’s success heavily depends on conflict(s) and situation when those happen in the storyline as per explained in Literary Elements that “No conflict = no story” (module 2) Conflict(s) helps in making story interesting and creating situations or momentum that give opportunities to characters to grow in the storyline and achieve their goals and help in conveying message of the story to the readers. There are four kinds of conflict in Children Literature: character vs. character, character vs. self, character vs. society and character vs. nature as described in Literary Elements. In The Paper Bag Princess Elizabeth’s character and in Hana’s Suitcase Hana both face different conflicts which make these stories appealing and good enough to engage readers but the nature of conflicts were different for both Elizabeth who deals with character vs. nature and Hana who deals with character vs. society. Elizabeth in the Paper Bag Princess deals with character vs. nature when she faces a strong and powerful dragon.
In the novel ‘The Hobbit’, Tolkien has utilized various elements of fantasy to captivate the reader’s imagination. These elements include setting, characters and the Hero’s journey. These fantasy elements make ‘The Hobbit’ interesting because they are utilized to prove that one person no-matter how small or big they think they are, they can make a difference if they believe. In the novel ‘The Hobbit’ Tolkien creates an imaginary realm on a vast scale. The convincing detail and the description that Tolkien has used in creating the realm makes it possible for him to suspend are disbelief in the magic, Because the story is a journey the setting changes to describe a world with ancient forests like Mirkwood where the ‘Tree trunks were
The classic mythical hero is not a very humble character. He possesses a great amount of self-confidence in his actions and loyalty to his companions. The Hobbit written by J.R.R Tolkien and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe written by C.S. Lewis are children’s classic fantasy novels. Both novels place strong emphasis on the heroic theme and primary character development.
This type of fiction has books that create new worlds, experiences, events and characters that cannot be found in the real world, but they still have a hold on reality that almost brings life to them. One such example is the wizarding world of JK Rowling. The characters created for the Harry Potter series, although fiction, are so life-like that children and young adults can almost reach out and become friends with them. They experience the same difficulties and growing pains but in a world that could never exist in ours. Historical Fiction on the other had brings to life events of the past, but while staying true to the general events that occurred, Historical Fiction sometimes creates characters, events and occurrences that did not happen.
Piggybook Essay Piggybook is a surprisingly rude but honest book that is aimed at young children, with an easily found message. It is also a picture book composed by Anthony Browne with brilliant illustrations that are basic yet effective. A picture book is a text that conveys meaning and tells a story through a series of pictures or cartoons. It often has (limited) written text to support the pictures. Among the themes explored sexism, working together, don't take people for granted, lack of respect, forgiveness, taking responsibility, learning from your mistakes the hard way, gender roles within families, stereotyping and modelled behaviour, however the main themes are sexism, taking people for granted and modelled behaviour.
But if I only should focus on the text alone it does contain some of the criteria’s that we talked about as being good children’s literature. There is a small universe and a dialogue, its short and parents actually might like it for their kids to hear, because the moral of the fable is quite good for children to learn because it teaches them to have faith and trust in themselves or else they will be punished. The reason why I think it is not suitable for children’s literature is because in the story it is the “good” one that dies, and the wolves actually don’t have a fair reason for killing the rabbits compared to the story about little red cap where the wolf is the one who dies because he has done something