The article is devoted to the topic of "special" childhood in modern children's lite­rature. The author considers the image of a brother/sister of a character with special needs and its specific features using the examples from German-language books for child­ren. The results of the initial study of parents' of 7—11 y. o. reading books about […]

The article traces the dynamics of chracters' with special needs siblings' images deve­lopment (a character with special needs is a character suffering from some serious/incurable disease) in children's fiction, starting from the turn of the XIX-XX centuries up to the present time. Sibling characters are studied as heroes ― companions of the protagonist who, in […]

The publishing house Kalinka (Sao Paulo) together with the art producer Ars et Vita (Rio de Janeiro), first published in Brazil the book Tarakanische by Kornej Chukovskij in 2016. The book was enthusiastically accepted by readers, which marked in 2017 the beginning of the work with a workshop named "Playing to be a Writer" for […]

The article discusses contemporary literature for children and adolescents as a reflec­tion development process of pedagogical ideas and concepts in the public consciousness. Books for children are viewed as a phenomenon associated primarily with the attitudes of publishers, writers, artists, teachers, psychologists, parents to their own needs in commu­nication with children and adolescents (personal, emotional, […]

The article considers characteristic features of young adult dystopias and summarises the reasons for their popularity among readers. The author outlines a circle of problems touched upon in the books in question and proposes the possibilities of applying the books in teaching English in accordance with the requirements of Curriculum guidelines.