ERIC Number: EJ407300
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1990
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The Purpose of Literature: Who Cares?
Babbitt, Natalie
School Library Journal, v36 n3 p150-52 Mar 1990
Discusses the role of children's literature in relationship to the current societal problems of children. It is concluded that the responsibility of writers for children is to do the best work they are capable of and that the purpose of literature is to give pleasure to the reader. (MES)
Descriptors: Authors, Childrens Literature, Fiction, Literature Appreciation, Responsibility, Social Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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