1. GROUP MEMBERS: NOR FARHANA
NUR HANIS
WAN NUR DAMIA
NISHANTINI
WONG SIEW CHEN
(PISEMP TESL 4 SEM 2)

3.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_literature
• Books intentionally written for children
• Books chosen for children
 http://www.uleth.ca/edu/currlab/handouts/genre
s.html
• Both fiction and non-fiction books, written
especially for children 0-12 years old.

4.  http://www.faqs.org/childhood/Ch-
Co/Children-s-Literature.html
• comprises texts that have been written
specifically for children and those texts that
children have selected to read on their own
• intended primarily for children but it is more
accurate to view such texts as having dual
audiences of children and adults.
• The body of written works and accompanying
illustrations produced in order to entertain
or instruct young people.

5.  Anderson,N.A. (2002).
Elementary children’s
literature: the basics for
teachers and parents (2nd ed).
USA: Pearson Education,Inc.
• The only
limitations, then, that seem
binding on literature for
children are those that
appropriately reflect the
emotions and experiences of
children today.
• Children’s books are books
that have the child’s eye at
the center.

6. • The uniqueness of
children’s
literature, then, lies in
the audience that it
addresses.
• Authors of children’s
books are circumscribed
only by the experiences
of childhood…….
• The author who can bring
these experiences
imagination and
insight,……..and
communicate them to
children is writing
children’s literature.

7.  Carol Lynch-Brown, Carl M.Tomlinson. (2005).
Essentials of Children Literature: Learning
about Children and Their Literature (5th ed).
USA: Pearson Education,Inc.
• “Children’s literature is good quality trade
books for children from birth to
adolescence, covering topics of relevance
and interests to children of those
ages, through prose and poetry, fiction and
nonfiction.” (p. 3)

8. Children's literature is for readers and listeners
up to about age twelve and is often illustrated.

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JUSTIFICATION

10.  Children’s literature is the good-quality written
work with the purpose of entertainment and
information intended primarily for children
from birth to adolescence, covering topics of
relevance and interests to children that
appropriately reflect the experiences and the
realms of childhood, through prose and
poetry, fiction and nonfiction.

11.  good quality – the personal and academic values to
children
- moral values and insight into human
condition
 With the purpose of entertainment and information
– enjoyed by children
- messages within the text
 intended primarily for children from birth to
adolescence
- to address, entertain and delight children of
those ages
- may have dual audiences of children and adults

12. covering topics of relevance and
interests to children
- about the experiences of
childhood that are good or
bad, set in the past, present or
future
- be relevant and common to
children today
- the source of literature is life
itself
- enjoying birthday parties, losing
a tooth for the first time, getting
a new pet
- topics like Mummies and
Dinosaurs

13.  appropriately reflect the experiences and the
realms of childhood
-limited by children’s experience and
understanding
-the emotional and psychological responses
should be inside the realms of childhood
- told in a forthright, humorous, or suspenseful
manner
- much is known, but little is explained
 through prose and poetry, fiction and nonfiction
-purely entertaining, with no instructional
purpose like textbook
- myths, fairly tales, lullabies, fables, folk songs