Values and Morals in Children's Literature.

1. CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Ms. Aswathy Mohan, Assistant Professor
Department Of English, Sree Narayana College, Kollam

2. Values and Morals
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

3. Children’s Literature is
discussed in terms of ten values

4. Books bring pleasure to readers
 extend imaginative powers
 enhance an appreciation of beauty
 enhance a kinship with the terror of loneliness
 help readers to become more compassionate
 Good writers present a wonderland of words
 Some books offer a cultural storehouse of
information

5. offer an appreciation of the arts
 help to improve the self concept of children
who feel alienated
 The heroic impulse of pupils can be
encouraged through the reading of heroic
legends and epics

6. A few of the specific benefits children derive from reading and
listening to children’s books are:
1) Strengthening a bond between the child and adult reader
2) Experiencing the pleasure of escaping into a fantasy world or
an exciting adventure
3) Developing a favorable attitude toward books as an enrichment
to their lives
4) Stimulating cognitive development

7. 5) Gaining new vocabulary and syntax
6) Becoming familiar with story and text structures
7) Stimulating and expanding their imaginations
8) Stretching attention spans
9) Empathizing with other people’s feelings and
problems
10) Learning ways to cope with their own feelings
and problems

8. 11) Widening horizons as they vicariously learn about the
world
12) Developing an interest in new subjects and hobbies
13) Understanding the heritage of their own and other
cultures
14) Acquiring new knowledge about nature
15) Stimulating aesthetic development through
illustrations
16) Exploring artistic media used in illustrations

9. THANK YOU
ASWATHY MOHAN