Child and Adolescent Literature

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  • Elements of children and adolescent literature include elements such as purpose, plot, characters, setting, and theme.
  • Purpose in children and adolescent literature is the reason for or intent in writing.
  • Plot in children and adolescent literature can be chronological order, may start in the middle or end, starts and ends with the same event, is a tightly connected series of events, or involves two or more characters experiencing different events at the same time.
  • Characters in children and adolescent literature can be the hero or main character (protagonist), the villain and someone who opposes or hostile (antagonist), exhibits opposing traits to another character (foil), undergoes major inner change (dynamic), undergoes little to no internal change (static), is a multifaceted personality, complex, and lifelike figure (round), or doesn't change too much (flat).
  • Setting in children and adolescent literature can be integral, vague, or backdrop.
  • Themes in children and adolescent literature are crucial to the plot because they directly affect characters, theme and events.
  • Integral setting in children and adolescent literature is vague, can be almost anywhere, and it doesn't affect the story much.
  • Backdrop setting in children and adolescent literature is specific and it affects the story much.
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – Roald Dahl
  • The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  • Playing It Safe – G.T. Los Baños
  • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian – Sherman Alexie
  • The Ugly Duckling – Hans Christian Andersen
  • 1984 – George Orwell
  • Something in etween – Melissa dela Cruz
  • That Fruit is Mine! – Anuska Allepuz
  • America is Not the Heart – Elaine Castillo
  • The Carabao-Turtle Race – Almira Giles
  • Colors Versus Shapes – Mike Boldt
  • The Three Little Pigs – James Hallwell
  • Speak – Laurie Anderson
  • The Name Jar – Yangsook Choi
  • The Catcher in the Rye – J.D. Salinger
  • The Farm – Joanne Ramos
  • Yoga Friends – Miriam Gates & Rolf Gates
  • The Termite Queen and Other Classic Philippine Earth Tales – Sylvia Mendez Ventura
  • After the Rain – Rebecca Koehn
  • Monster – Walter Myers
  • A Family is a Family is a Family – Sara O’Leary
  • Una & Miguel – Lilledeshan Bose
  • A House in the Woods – Inga Moore
  • The Cat in the Hat – Dr. Seuss
  • I was their American Dream – Malaka Gharib
  • Harry Potter series – J.K. Rowling
  • The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter
  • The Tale of Oespereaux – Kate DiCamillo
  • Los Baños
  • Bridge to Terabithia – Katherine Paterson
  • Once Upon A Sunset – Tif Marcelo
  • All are Welcome – Alexandra Penfobl