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Lesson 2 Issues and Trends in Childrens Literature

This document discusses issues and trends in children's literature. It identifies bullying, survival stories, and environmental themes as popular topics. It also notes that diversity and genres like humor and fantasy remain mainstream. Several issues are explored in more depth, including the loss of innocence, violence, sexuality, sexism, racism, changing family structures, and depictions of death. Guidelines are provided for selecting literature, such as avoiding stereotypes and contributing to understanding. Overall, the document examines current themes and controversies in children's books.

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Lesson 2 Issues and Trends in Childrens Literature

This document discusses issues and trends in children's literature. It identifies bullying, survival stories, and environmental themes as popular topics. It also notes that diversity and genres like humor and fantasy remain mainstream. Several issues are explored in more depth, including the loss of innocence, violence, sexuality, sexism, racism, changing family structures, and depictions of death. Guidelines are provided for selecting literature, such as avoiding stereotypes and contributing to understanding. Overall, the document examines current themes and controversies in children's books.

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Lesson 2: Issues and

Trends in Children’s
Literature
Module 8
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Intended Learning Outcome:
• Identified trends and issues
that encompass children’s
literature

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“ Publishing trends are truly driven by a vital community


of reader – our kids. We see readers get excited about
books, talk about them and share them with their
friends. Before you know it a book is trending, more and
more kids are vying to read it and they cannot get
enough of it” ( Sinek & Almahdi, 2013 )

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What to expect in this lesson?
Issues and Trends in Children’s Literature

• This lesson focuses on making literature recomendations for children


and for adolescents. It also discusses how issues and trends on books
can enhance opportunities to choose an appropriate one for children
and young adults.

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• Bullying seems to be at the top of the list as every child will face the
effects of bullying smetime in their lives. Children’s authors know this
and include bullying themes in their storytelling.
• Survival stories are always popular with yiung readers as they are filled
with excitement and tension.
• Nature and Environmental Issues are a trending theme wether science
fiction or real world eco-issues as they offer into the wild page-turning
adventures.
• Humorous picture books and middle grade fantasy novels are two
examples of genres that never fall out of favor with children.

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Issues and Trends in Children’s Literature

• “Trends” are actually mainstrays of the children’s book and middle


grade categories.
• Diversity in children’s books and middle grade books is more of a
movement than a trend, and diversity in children’s literature is here to
stay.
• There are issues in stories for children that may need parental
guidance when read or told. We call them “Taboos”. The taboos that
are imposed on children’s books are often culture specific as what is
acceptable in one culture is seen as unacceptable in another.

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P re s s u re s o n te a c h e rs , l i b ra r i a n s , p a re nt s , re l i g i o u s
l e a d e rs to u s e o n l y t h e “ r i g ht ” b o o ks fo r c h i l d re n w e re
fe l t a n d f re e d o m to e n j o y sto r i e s a s w r i tt e n wa s c u r ta i l e d
a n d c o nt ro l l e d . T h e s e i s s u e s a re :
• The Loss of Innocence.
• The Issue on Violence.
• The Issue on Sexuality.
• The Issue on Sexism.
• The Issue on Racism.
• The Changing Image of the Family.
• Death, Good-bye and Aging.
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The Loss of Innocence.

When selecting books for children, developmentally suitable


materials should be the primary factor taken into account.
Teachers have to make sure that the language is elegant, the scene
isn't gory, and the characters are kind. It is not appropriate to
expose leaners to the harsh facts of life.

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The Issue on Violence.

This is the problem that follows the first one that was stated. It is
unlawful to read literature that depict excessive violence, blood
and gore, rape, murder, incest, abandonment, and many other
inhumane traits or behaviors.

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T h e I s s u e o n S exu a l i t y.

Ads that promote sex so much that young individuals are prone to
adopting double standards. While the youngsters become
perplexed when instructed to follow instructions rather than their
own judgment, the adult guardians overreach in their moral
advocacy. After then, it is up to the teachers to determine what is
and is not appropriate.

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T h e I s s u e o n S ex i s m .

The majority of fairy tales feature women as constant recipients of


masculine rescue, which raises concerns about the portrayal of
males as powerful. It is assumed that women are domesticated.
Males possess strength, force, intelligence, and domination, while
women have small roles to play, such as pleasing men. Learners
should be exposed to stories that demonstrate gender roles with
respect, emphasizing the equitable treatment of men and women.

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The Issue on Racism.

There are stories about black or dark-skinned people being


boisterous, sluggish, and ignorant. Asians and Latinos are
significantly more emotional, superstitious, or fatalistic than their
Western counterparts.

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T h e C h a n g i n g I m a ge o f t h e Fa m i l y.

• From Nuclear to Extended Families or Vice Versa


• More common dysfunctional family
• Single Parenthood
- Domestic Violence and attendant ills
- Abandonment
- Separation

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D e at h , G o o d - Bye a n d A g i n g .

• Also reffered to as the “other shadows in the landscape”


• In the US, life and youth are glorified while death and aging is a
taboo.
• In the Philippines, death is considered as a part of a life cycle,
so it was no big deal

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• Stories expand children’s horizons by confronting them with “aspects of


human behavior and possibility”
• Gleitzman says at around seven or eight years old, kids enter a “magic
time”.
• Be aware that reading helps youngsters form their personal identities,
which they begin to form in their early years. However, problems such
as these arise because their parents instinctively shield children from
the reality of society. Parents need to "open up to their kids learning
about [sensitive issues] because they are a huge part of how children
develop" .
• Children can learn about the feeling of grief after a loss by using books
as a tool.
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Guidelines for the Literature in Choosing
Books for Children
1. Evaluate as children’s literature: well-written, good plot, good characterization,
readable.
A. The book should be judged for its overall effect
B. Children must find the book acceptable in terms of readability
2. Characters must not be stereotyped.
A. They must be people in their own right, not manipulated to prove a point
B. Readers should be led to think of the characters as individuals rather than Jews,
Negroes, Warays, Tagalogs, etc.
3. Situations must be natural and be a balanced sample of what might occur.
4. Solutions to problems must be fair and possible.
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Guidelines for the Literature in Choosing
Books for Children
5. Books must contribute to understanding and must not highlight or aggreviate a problem
needleessly.
6. Illustration must be acceptable and true both artistically and culturally.
7. Remember that one side can err just as mush as the other.

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Lesson 2: Issues and
Trends in Children’s
Literature
Module 8

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