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Lying, Truthtelling, and Storytelling in Children’s and Young Adult Literature (Children's Literature and Culture) by Anita Tarr is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Lying, Truthtelling, and Storytelling in Children’s and Young Adult Literature (Children's Literature and Culture) about?

Children's Literature, Lying, Truth, Young AdultEven though we instruct our children not to lie, the truth is that lying is a fundamental part of children’s development—socially, cognitively, emotionally, morally. Lying can sometimes be more compassionate than telling the truth, even more ethical. Reading specific children’s books can instruct child readers how to be guided by an etiquette of lying, to know when to tell the truth and when to lie. Equally important, these stories can help prevent them from being prey to those liars who are intent on taking advantage of them. Becoming a critical reader requires that one learn how to lie judiciously as well as to see through others’ lies. When humans first began to speak, we began to lie. When we began to lie, we started telling stories. This is the paradox, that in order to tell truthful stories, we must be good liars. Novels about child artists showcase how a protagonist embraces this paradox, accepting the stigma that a writer is a liar who tells the truth. Emily Dickinson’s phrase “telling it slant” best expresses the vision of how writers for children and young adults negotiate the conundrum of both protecting child readers and t

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Author

Anita Tarr

Publisher

Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9781003411031

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Literary Criticism, Fiction