Category: Literature
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Read Aloud: Mama Mable’s All-Gal Big Band Jazz Extravaganza!
“Did you hear? Mama Mable’s band is coming to town!” – If you are curious…
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From Europe to India: Children at the Edge of Adult Dreams between the Crossroads of Ibsenite and Tagorean Worlds
This essay explores how Ibsen’s Ghosts and Tagore’s The Laboratory depict children navigating inherited adult…
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Fictional Diaries: A review of Les Carnets de Cerise: Le Zoo pétrifié (2012)
Les Carnets de Cerise: Le Zoo pétrifié (2012) follows the ten-and-a-half-year-old aspiring writer Cerise. In…
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Republic Day and the Promise of Innocence: Reading the Indian Constitution Through Childhood
As India celebrates Republic Day, this article reflects on the Constitution not merely as a…
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Read-Aloud: Swan. The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova (2015)
In this read-aloud we share with you the story of the legendary ballerina Anna Pavlova.…
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Out of The Pit: Reflections on ‘It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth’ (2023)
Content Warning: This article discusses depression and suicidal ideation. It’s Lonely at the Centre of…
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Counting Down to Christmas with Children’s Literature
The Christmas season has started! These five Advent calendar books will help you joyfully count…
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The Forest of Fear: Teaching Kids to Read Fear (Gently)
Fear shows up all across children’s culture—from picturebooks to audio books and games. This piece…
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Rethinking Child Agency Through Relational Ontologies: A Reading of “Into the Uncut Grass” by Trevor Noah
This study examines how Into the Uncut Grass (Noah, 2024) reconfigures child agency through a relational ontology…
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Read-Aloud of Mac Barnett’s “The Wolf, The Duck and The Mouse”
Introducing children to agency can take as many forms as agency itself. Sometimes it can…
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Knitting, Agency and Community-Building in “Extra Yarn”
Knitting has traditionally been depicted as an old, white grandma’s cosy activity. Anabelle, an assertive…
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Children’s Rights and Agency in India: History, Literature, and the Road Ahead (?)
This article explores the development of children’s rights and agency in India through history, law,…
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