Human rights in children's literature : imagination and the narrative of law /
Todres, Jonathan,
Human rights in children's literature : imagination and the narrative of law / Jonathan Todres and Sarah Higinbotham. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How can children grow to realize their inherent human rights and respect the rights of others? This book explores this question through children's literature from 'Peter Rabbit' to 'Horton Hears a Who!' to Harry Potter. The authors investigate children's rights under international law - identity and family rights, the right to be heard, the right to be free from discrimination, and other civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights - and consider the way in which those rights are embedded in children's literature.
9780190213367 (ebook) : No price
Children's literature--History and criticism.
Children's rights in literature.
PN1009.5.C444 / T63 2015
809.933581
Human rights in children's literature : imagination and the narrative of law / Jonathan Todres and Sarah Higinbotham. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How can children grow to realize their inherent human rights and respect the rights of others? This book explores this question through children's literature from 'Peter Rabbit' to 'Horton Hears a Who!' to Harry Potter. The authors investigate children's rights under international law - identity and family rights, the right to be heard, the right to be free from discrimination, and other civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights - and consider the way in which those rights are embedded in children's literature.
9780190213367 (ebook) : No price
Children's literature--History and criticism.
Children's rights in literature.
PN1009.5.C444 / T63 2015
809.933581