Teachers and parents should both be able to differentiate between quality and mediocre literature, in order to give students access to the best books to encourage these important values of literature and considering developmental domains. Children love these books because they are filled with culture. The true story of the 3 little pigs by jon scieszka, the ugly duckling by hans christian andersen, little red ri. When three fishermen come up with creative ways to make soup. Childrens traditional literature can help them to learn about the different types of literature. The empty pot by demi, the ugly duckling by hans christian andersen, adelita. The influence of history and tradition of childrens literature is of great importance in the novels and books that are written and published today. Childrens literature, the body of written works and accompanying illustrations produced in order to entertain or instruct young people. Traditional literature books are books that were orally handed down, before they were written down. Children s literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are made for children.
Horn book 2007, bulletin of the center for children s books 2007 one of my favorite stories when i was little, compestine retells this chinese folktale. Their continued preservation and retelling is what makes traditional. Modern children s literature is classified in two different ways. It requires the child to think in order to put pieces of the story together. Childrens literature is extremely valuable in both the school setting and at home. The genre encompasses a wide range of works, including acknowledged classics of world literature, picture books and easytoread stories written exclusively for children, and fairy tales, lullabies, fables, folk songs, and other primarily orally transmitted. Childrens literature can help with childrens cognitive skills because some literature requires deep thought. Traditional literature can be found in popular books such as paradise lost, the odyssey, or children s and household tales. Not only do they give a framework for the author to work from, they also give the reader an insight into the type of novel that they are going to read. Children s literature can be traced to stories and songs, part of a wider oral tradition, that adults shared with children before publishing existed.
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