Simply typing in "social issues in children's literature" in a google.com search blank, I was curious to find what would be the most common occuring issue. Ironically enough, gender issues was most frequent in the titles of search findings. I chose a few to read through and found that a lot of them talked about gender issues the way we have already in class. For example, one website spoke of gender issues in children's literature claiming that the is passive, and acted upon, rather than active and doing the action towards people. What this website also stated, which was a new way of hearing it for me. is that children identify with characters in the book. Because of this, s find it hard to identify with themselves in literature because there are limited female characters that are strong and independent. Another website pointed out that gender bias exists in illustrations, language, and content. Which, after reading several works, is not hard to believe.
http://www.kidsource.com/education/gender.issues.L.A.html
http://www.indiana.edu/~reading/ieo/digests/d135.html
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