Children’s literature and education: storytell and forming readers

Abstract

The present text has as its aim to highlight the importance of the Children’s literature in the child education forming readers. It shows, at first, a brief historic to the relation between the children’s literature and the children’s education, next it talks about the reading and forming child readers, at last highlight the importance of the storytelling in the formation of new readers. Bibliographic study with the main authors about this theme such as Regina Zilberman, Betty Coelho, Fanny Abramovich, Nelly Novaes Coelho, among others was done. Before the children learn how to read they listen to stories, told by their grandparents, parents and other people. Those moments give them pleasure, emotion, suspense, joy, among many other feelings. Since the begging the cave men told stories through the art drawing in the caves and around the fire. The Children’s literature as it is known appeared in the XVIII century, with the “appearing” of the childhood. Besides, It was in the same century that a significant development of the industry happened, facilitating the mass production, the distribution and consumption. Nowadays, we can see a kind of neglect of the storybook and a tendency for the TV images, because they are easier and done. It is necessary change it back. That is why, it is crucial the storytelling, in order to involve the children in a way they get closer to the books and the reading, to allow them to understand the reality they live and became a critic person. The teacher needs encouraging his/her students to read, although it is also a part of the work of the family and the State.