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Parsons, Linda T. – Children's Literature in Education, 2004
This article considers the cultural messages embedded in the patriarchal canon of fairy tales and their implications for the construction of gender-appropriate behavior. The characteristics of feminist re-visions of fairy tales are discussed, and studies that explore the importance of access to alternative discourses in order for children to…
Descriptors: Fairy Tales, Childrens Literature, Sex Role, Gender Issues
Jordan, Sarah D. – Children's Literature in Education, 2004
This article reviews a number of works of fiction about the Holocaust intended for children and young adult readers and discusses the strategies used by their authors to educate their readers without overwhelming them with highly emotional information. Several popular and effective strategies are highlighted, along with examples of works of…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Adolescent Literature, Fiction, Authors
Gubar, Marah – Children's Literature in Education, 2004
This essay traces how Jack Gantos' "Joey Pigza" trilogy undermines many common stereotypes about the disabled, focusing in particular on its rejection of the literary tradition that sets the impaired child up as a passive object of empathy. Inverting this paradigm, Gantos instead characterizes his protagonist as an empathetic agent in his own…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Novels, Attention Deficit Disorders, Empathy
Pattee, Amy S. – Children's Literature in Education, 2004
Our criticism and evaluation of young adult literature is tempered not only by the scope of our knowledge of adolescent literature in general, but also by our notions of adolescence, itself. Adolescent literature that, in Michael Cart's terminology, "shatters the shibboleths" of adolescence and adolescent culture, has the potential to re-shape the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Authors, Realism
Wesseling, Elisabeth – Children's Literature in Education, 2004
This article intervenes in the debate about the pedagogical import of Heinrich Hoffmann's Der Struwwelpeter. Should this book be regarded as a typical example of black pedagogy or as a form of subversive children's literature? I argue in favour of the latter point of view, on the basis of a close reading of the interaction between words and…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Childrens Literature, Illustrations, Narration
James, Kathryn – Children's Literature in Education, 2004
Like their counterparts elsewhere, Australian children favour humorous novels; comedic writers consistently dominate the preteen and early teen fiction market in Australia. Regardless of its popularity, however, in comparison to more serious writing, humorous literature has received little critical attention. Of the studies aimed at this area,…
Descriptors: Humor, Adolescent Literature, Fiction, Socialization