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There are some suggestions and recommendations to help parents, teachers and other care givers to better understand the underlying issues in a childrens book. Provide a wide range of resources that project positive self-image for all young individuals. 2. Parents, caregivers and other members of the family must involve themselves in reading with a child. 3. Encourage children at an early age to share ideas and discuss with their family, teacher, or classmates about their learning from books. 4. To the parents, always find time to read to your child a storybook and entertain his/her questions in order to enlighten them further. 5. In school, make use of storytelling time as the moment where after giving the story, the children will be able to share their feelings and sentiments about the content and related issues.
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Violence Sexuality Sexism Racism Changing the image of the family Death Aging Handicapped
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The result of the data above shows that the term Sexuality and Sexism as Issues in Childrens Literature were confusing for the respondents since the researchers purposely did not present any definition of terms for the respondents before this study was conducted. However, the Issues in Changing Image of the Family, Death and Handicapped got one hundred percent correct answers. This only proves that these three Issues in Childrens Literature were clearly understood by the respondents. Conclusion The following conclusions are derived from the results of the questionnaire. 1. 2. 3. Some of the respondents were confused about the difference between Sexuality and Sexism. Although most of the respondents are familiar with the excerpts, still they did not note the underlying objectionable issues it contains. There are some correspondents whose perception of childrens literature is solely intended for preschoolers who are from ages three to six years old. Even in a school set-up, there are some teachers who are not aware that there are underlying issues hidden in various childrens book. There are only few parents who read books to their children. After reading storybooks, parents or teachers did not explain or entertain questions that would further deepen the understanding of values from the books read. Recommendation
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Data Mining Here are some lists of books for children that have underlying issues.
Titles Hansel and Gretel The Story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak Horgle and the Kings Soup by Gilda Cordero-Fernando The Love of Lam-ang by Virgilio Almario Sandosenang Sapatos by Luis Gatmaitan Why Did Grandma Die? By Trudy Madler Families are Different by Nina Pellegrini Amber Brown is Feeling Blue by Paula Danzinger The Family Under the Bridge by Natalie Savage Carlson Ang Kuya ni Karina ni Feny de los Angeles-Bautista Bruha-ha-ha- Bruhi-hi-hi Silkie Girl Breakfast with Father by Roy Issues Violence Violence Vulgar Language Sexuality Sexism Sexism Handicapped Death Changing Image of the Family Changing Image of the Family Racism Handicapped Characters Aging Sexuality Changing Image of the Family
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