Saturday, October 31, 2009

Forum 9: To Halloween or not to Halloween?


TV channels for children have been boasting about Halloween for almost two weeks, and people like my mother-in-law, with zero knowledge on Anglo-Saxon culture, get keen on filling children with Halloween products. In this context, and being myself very critical towards cultural/commercial colonization, I had to face the following dilemma: my 5-year-old daughter came to me and asked me to celebrate Halloween. What would you have done in my situation? And, why? I’d really like to hear your opinion.


Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Forum 8: The right literature for children


As we read some classes ago, Corbally sustains that “children’s literature is didactic (teaches/preaches); even the best of children’s literature is didactic.”
So, if we agree books for children are supposed to ‘teach’, what do you think they should teach? Or, the other way round: what do you think they should not teach? What topics are proper or improper for children’s literature to deal with?
Join the discussion!