This document discusses children's literature and its various forms and genres. It lists different perspectives from which children's literature can be viewed, such as from parents, educators, psychologists and more. It then instructs groups of 4 students to discuss books and films that were important to them as children, how the books were presented to them, and whether they were read to or introduced through television or movies. The groups are asked to make a list of favorites from when they were little to their teenage years and note any works that had an impact on their lives. Finally, it provides reading assignments from specific texts on fairy tales.

1. Children’s Literature

2.  Children’s literature is anything, for, about or by a child.
That covers a broad range. Dr. Suess and To Kill a
Mockingbird both fall in the same category.

3. Poems/ songs/ nursery rhymes
picture books
folktales
fantasy fiction
historical fiction
realistic fiction

4. Children’s
Parents’
Educators’
Censors’
Psychologists’
Historians’
Sociologists’
Structuralists’
Critics’
Writers’, illustrators’ and creators’ of children’s lit
Filmmakers’

5. In groups of 4, discuss the books and films that were
important to you when you were children. How were
the books presented? Were you read to or was your
first introduction to children’s stories through
television or movies. Try and get a list in you group of
all of your favorites from when you were very little to
the time you were a teen. What books/films had an
impact on you? Did any children’s or young adult
fiction have an impact on your life?

6.  Reading Fairy Tales (Maria Tatar)
284-286 (finish the paragraph on 287)
 "The Master Cat or Puss in Boots" 24-26
 "Blue Beard” 27-29
 Jacob and Wilhelm Grim 146
 "The Frog King” 147-148
 "Mother Holle” 152-153