Children's Literature Effects

Children's Literature serves many purposes, such as encouraging people to read and use their imaginations. It also teaches us many things about history, the way other cultures think, feel, and view things. Children's literature reflects politics, beliefs, and lifestyles. It promotes understanding of other cultures and encourages tolerance and learning. Children's literature gives insights into the way children view their surroundings and experiences. The most interesting aspect children's literature shows us is various cultures and beliefs along with the way those cultures viewed their world, this exposes us to these cultures in fun and interesting ways.

Stories are written in every country and civilization and during every time period. Folklore and fairy tales have existed all over the world. Folklore was written to try to explain questions cultures had about how things in nature and life came to be the way that they are. Things like how the tiger got it's stripes, how the sun got in the sky and just about any other question that can be imagined. Each culture dealt with these questions in imaginative and creative ways. Some might not find these creative answers as being informative since the stories are based on imagination rather than fact, but thinking creatively is just as important as knowing facts. Just look at people like Leonardo DaVinci, Isaac Asimov, or Jules Verne. Where have new ideas, theories, and inventions come from, but the imagination?