Add to ORKGReading to children has been shown to enhance literacy, but at what cost? Does the mere act of reading to encourage a child\u27s love of books trump a responsibility for appropriate content and moral development? Through a content analysis of themes in children\u27s fairy tales and rhymes, this study examined the effects of selected themes in children\u27s literature. From a father locking his daughter in a tower to then lower her hair and entice men, to the domestic slavery of a girl named Ella, to Briar Rose\u27s drugging, messages of gender stereotypes, ageism, and violence are juxtaposed against positive messages more appropriate for child development. Children\u27s books reinforcing developmentally appropriate values and moral developm...
In recent decades, extensive studies from diverse disciplines have focused on children's develo...
Abstract: We obtain some of our first organized accounts of human action through folk and fairy tale...
The article focuses on the concept and principle of children’s favourite fairy tales. The cultural n...
Reading to children has been shown to enhance literacy, but at what cost? Does the mere act of readi...
Reading to children has been shown to enhance literacy, but at what cost? Does the mere act of readi...
Like violence in the television watched by children, the effect on children of violence in the folk ...
This study examined the child's understanding of the moral content found in fairy tales based on an ...
Fairy tales often include different cultures and ways of doing things. The aim of this paper is to e...
Language and control in children’s literature is a major topic of discussion within the field of chi...
Although Disney’s adaptation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has demonstrated how plot and charac...
Fairy tales have an educational and socialization impact on children. In fairy tales children find a...
The purpose of this study was to document and describe the negotitation of gendered messages by chil...
Fairy tales have an educational and socialization impact on children. In fairy tales children find a...
It is a common intuition that we can learn something of moral importance from literature, and one of...
How and what to teach children through stories has been an ongoing topic of debate for centuries. In...
In recent decades, extensive studies from diverse disciplines have focused on children's develo...
Abstract: We obtain some of our first organized accounts of human action through folk and fairy tale...
The article focuses on the concept and principle of children’s favourite fairy tales. The cultural n...
Reading to children has been shown to enhance literacy, but at what cost? Does the mere act of readi...
Reading to children has been shown to enhance literacy, but at what cost? Does the mere act of readi...
Like violence in the television watched by children, the effect on children of violence in the folk ...
This study examined the child's understanding of the moral content found in fairy tales based on an ...
Fairy tales often include different cultures and ways of doing things. The aim of this paper is to e...
Language and control in children’s literature is a major topic of discussion within the field of chi...
Although Disney’s adaptation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has demonstrated how plot and charac...
Fairy tales have an educational and socialization impact on children. In fairy tales children find a...
The purpose of this study was to document and describe the negotitation of gendered messages by chil...
Fairy tales have an educational and socialization impact on children. In fairy tales children find a...
It is a common intuition that we can learn something of moral importance from literature, and one of...
How and what to teach children through stories has been an ongoing topic of debate for centuries. In...
In recent decades, extensive studies from diverse disciplines have focused on children's develo...
Abstract: We obtain some of our first organized accounts of human action through folk and fairy tale...
The article focuses on the concept and principle of children’s favourite fairy tales. The cultural n...