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Zou, Ying – Children's Literature in Education, 2023
Didacticism is an indispensable factor in the study of children's literature, not only within the text, but also within activities such as choosing books. This article explores didacticism in children's literature and the parent-child power structure within the relatively unexplored area of the book choices of Chinese parents and children who read…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Parents, Childrens Literature
Rudin, Shai – Children's Literature in Education, 2022
This study examines illustrations of girls in Israeli children's literature of the years 1948-2019. 54 illustrated books for children in which the image of a girl is at the center were analyzed. The illustrations were examined according to two key periods: 1940s-1976, and 1977-2019. The research findings did not confirm the conventional…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Foreign Countries, Feminism, Illustrations
Hermansson, Carina; Olin-Scheller, Christina – Children's Literature in Education, 2022
This article addresses questions related to how the change in the textual landscape, from paper-based books to electronic books, has an effect on the teaching of reading in early childhood classrooms as well as how the digital devices relate to different aspects of reading instruction. Drawing on the theoretical concept of affect, the purpose is…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Electronic Publishing, Children, Foreign Countries
Mackey, Margaret – Children's Literature in Education, 2022
A 4-E model of cognition suggests that it is embodied, embedded, enacted, and extended. All these elements are permeated by a fifth "E"--emotion. This article addresses issues of emotion and affect concerning how and where we are embedded or placed in the world. It draws on and presents examples from a larger study involving twelve…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Iordanaki, Lina – Children's Literature in Education, 2021
This article explores 11-year-old children's connections to prior knowledge and experiences while reading a wordless version of "Little Red Riding Hood." The study extends pre-existing research on reader response theories by focusing on images instead of written text. The approach taken places emphasis on the reader's active engagement,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Prior Learning, Reader Response
Myers, Lindsay – Children's Literature in Education, 2021
Oliver Jeffers' best-selling picturebook "How to Catch a Star" has been the subject of several recent theatre adaptations for children. This paper provides a detailed case study of the 2017 stage adaptation created by the Irish-language, theatre company, "Branar Téatar do Pháistí"; an adaptation which has been highly praised…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Childrens Literature, Media Adaptation, Drama
Myers, Lindsay – Children's Literature in Education, 2021
Oliver Jeffers' best-selling picturebook "How to Catch a Star" (2004) has been the subject of several recent theatre adaptations for children. This paper provides a detailed case study of the 2017 stage adaptation created by the Irish-language theatre-company, Branar Téatar do Pháistí; an adaptation that has been highly praised for the…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Picture Books, Theater Arts, Foreign Countries
Sciurba, Katie; Hernandez, Sera J.; Barton, Reka C. – Children's Literature in Education, 2021
In response to current anti-immigration rhetoric and policy coming from national leadership, the authors engage in multimodal analysis of picture books that humanize individuals who make the journey across the Mexico-U.S. border. Findings suggest that picture book narratives restory anti-immigrant sentiments by (1) placing the child at the center…
Descriptors: Immigration, Foreign Countries, Content Analysis, Picture Books
Bi, Lijun; Fang, Xiangshu – Children's Literature in Education, 2020
This paper examines the changing presentation of teachers in the post-Mao era. The image of teachers was almost sacred in traditional Confucian society until Mao Zedong launched China's Cultural Revolution in 1966, when children were encouraged to use the pretext of class struggle to critique and even to attack their teachers. As such, restoring…
Descriptors: Chinese, Childrens Literature, Moral Development, Asian Culture
Huang, Hui-Ling – Children's Literature in Education, 2020
This article explores a narrative approach adopted by three Taiwanese children's books that feature old trees as storytellers and memory-keepers to address aspects of emotional and psychological adaptation when facing drastic life changes. Although these stories are told from the perspective of old trees, the nostalgic tone serves a specific…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Memory, Foreign Countries, Forestry
From Representation to Participation: Rethinking the Intercultural Educational Approach to Folktales
de Bruijn, Annette – Children's Literature in Education, 2019
In multi- or intercultural educational contexts, folktales from around the world are often approached as representative of diverse cultures and used to transmit knowledge and understanding of the literary, social and cultural heritage of those cultures to children. In this article, I present contemporary critical literary, folklore and cultural…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Critical Literacy, Cultural Differences, Multicultural Education