Детските книги и конструктите за детството
Children’s Books and Constructions of Childhood

Summary/Abstract: The text examines the close link between the concepts of children's books and the cultural constructs of childhood. The construct does not pretend for authority or model, paradigm or rule, but can exercise a significant influence on people's thinking and their actions. "The construct of quarantine" comes from the conviction which is based on the observation that enlightened action of the isolation from adults serves to the children's needs. The construct of development is based on criteria comforted with the skills of children at every stage of their development. The notion of "easy entertaining book, appropriate to their abilities" still acts as a standard of evaluation of contemporary children's books. If we clearly realize how constructs direct our evaluation of children’s books, we will be able to interpret them accurately, competently and intelligently.

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