tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798666792536941164.post1748395471950612715..comments2023-07-31T01:44:54.861-07:00Comments on Caribbean Children's and Young Adult Literature Diane Browne: Quaintness and the challenging of stereotypesDiane Brownehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00027399765826980748noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798666792536941164.post-69618855183121146752010-06-16T17:36:55.077-07:002010-06-16T17:36:55.077-07:00Children's literature is indeed a challenging ...Children's literature is indeed a challenging genre. I wonder if all these stereotypes already exist in the mind of your young readers - or just in the mind of the writer? And that your efforts not to fall into the trap of stereotyping are in fact not necessary? Children have their own "filters," don't they? This reminds me of one children's writer who deliberately broke every stereotype...Roald Dahl!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2798666792536941164.post-79161003481171269002010-06-05T12:40:17.083-07:002010-06-05T12:40:17.083-07:00Interesting discussion, Diane. What happens is tha...Interesting discussion, Diane. What happens is that the writers who subvert the 'traditional' very often get misunderstood by the adult 'gatekeepers' of children literature - like the teachers and some parents. In our part of the world, the written word is still regarded as 'gospel'so many subjects from the real life experiences of the childen are not expected to be 'proper' material for children's books. This pre-supposes that the children themselves have no judgement. One could write a paper on this aspect of writing for children. Keep on listening to your characters and trust them to unearth their own truths.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15503177269664255924noreply@blogger.com