EN201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Didacticism, Beginner Books
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The average shelf life of a children"s book is only 3 years, classics are a rarity and minority. Books may be geared toward children or young adults, but are read by. The makers and distributors of children"s books are also adults e. g authors, illustrators, reviewers, librarians, parents and teachers. Adults are (like always) deciding what children can consume. Children"s literature is too simple and obvious to be read critically. Children"s literature is pure, innocent and uncontroversial. (not true: harry. Critical analysis takes the fun out of reading children"s literature. So why read children"s literature: there is didacticism and important lessons to be learned from children"s, allows for the transmission of cultural values . Literature e. g literacy, numeracy, religious concepts and morality clue of what values were important in a certain time and place e. g gender.
