Reading the World: What Young Children Learn From Literature

By making and sharing stories, we come to understand our world and everything in it. Our lives are enhanced by the narratives we encounter, make and share – yet the time schools and pre- schools devote to reading and telling stories ever diminishes and now focuses primarily on literacy, not literature. This book is about stories and young children. The first part sets the theoretical framework: semiotics, narrative, culture, cultural tools. The second section looks at the oral tradition, wo...