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Human rights in children's literature : imagination and the narrative of law / Jonathan Todres and Sarah Higinbotham.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 2015Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190213367 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 809.933581 23
LOC classification:
  • PN1009.5.C444 T63 2015
Online resources: 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.
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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.

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