Ethics and Children's Literature
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group; Routledge
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781472440723
Subjects: Children, books and reading; Moral education; Children's literature, history and criticism; Literature and morals
Description: "Exploring the ethical questions posed by, in, and about children's literature, this collection examines the way texts intended for children raise questions of value, depict the moral development of their characters, and call into attention shared moral presuppositions. Even as children's literature has evolved in opposition to its origins in didactic Sunday school tracts and moralizing fables, authors, parents, librarians, and scholars remain sensitive to the values conveyed to children through the texts they choose to share with them"--