Reading Children and Animal-Human Relations in Charlotte’s Web and The One and Only Ivan
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https://doi.org/10.21153/pecl2016vol24no1art1113Keywords:
animal-human relations, Charlotte's Web, The One and Only IvanAbstract
It is often assumed that children enjoy an animistic connection with animals, as the predominance of the talking animal story genre in children’s literature attests. Ignorant, uncivilized, or vulnerable as these animal characters often are, they bespeak ‘the animal-like condition of children’ in adults’ eyes (Nodelman and Reimer 2003, p. 194). Some animal stories have been read as encouraging child readers to identify with their animal characters, who mature as the plot advances.
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