Children's Literature in School Libraries

Cross-Cultural Approaches

Abstract

To recognize differences between equals, to accept and retain diversity implies the intervention of school, in particular in if S practices. In this context, children's literature - in particular one Portuguese book analyzed here in relation to a school library experience - gives the possibility to work on the topic of diversity. That book is an interesting literary work that may develop intercultural education and conviviality in a society with a plurality of cultures. In this presentation the intercultural messages presented by the book and analyzed through young children's reaction to the story.