2. 1 . Enjoyment
2. Imagination and inspiration
3. knowledge and insights
4. Understanding and empathy
5. Heritage and cultural
identity
6. Moral reasoning
7 . Literary and artistic
preferences
7 PERSONAL VALUES OF
CHILDREN LITERATURE
4. Vicariously experience a different
world, inspire to overcome
obstacle and accept differences.
IMAGINATION AND INSPIRATION
5. Offer information and wisdom;
broaden experiences; viewing a
situation from a different
perspective.
KNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHTS
6. Gain and appreciate universality
of human needs; all human are
alike to some degree; and
develop social justice.
UNDERSTANDING AND EMPATHY
7. Connection to our past;
appreciate history
HERITAGE AND CULTURAL IDENTITY
8. Formulate own concepts of right
and wrong; way to test out the
outcomes of their choices.
MORAL REASONING
9. Recognize styles of authors
and illustrators; select
favorites.
LITERARY AND ARTISTIC PREFERENCES
10. • the sheer enjoyment of reading,
instils a sense of love for
literature.
• Children literature engages the
child, and creates a pattern, a
ritual whereby children continue
to road, and there by learn and
grow from all its other benefits.
ACADEMIC VALUE
12. • Literacy success
• As the more time children spend reading
literature, the better their reading and
writing abilities becomes.
• Improve in social development
• Bill McGinley, said that “literature is a part of
our culture. It not only reflects our cultural
norms, values and beliefs but it can also help
shape them.”
ACADEMIC VALUES