Once upon a time

Not so long ago I started this blog out of the curiosity for children’s perception of growing up. The change that is unavoidable and all the talk about how tall we are getting during our childhood is linked with how children’s literature can play around with the process of changing. Only the literature aimed at children can explore the change that children experiences during their childhood in a lot more diverse and bizarre manner. I truly enjoyed writing the posts in this blog because all of the stories presented in this blog in some way or another has a form of transformation happening after consuming something. By eating one can in children’s literature transform I many way, by shrinking, growing tall, falling in a deep sleep, making a medicine or perhaps even expand so much in size that strangers will want to eat you. The food is represented as either something desirable or something dangerous, almost deadly. George’s medicine is dangerous and not very palatable and so is the food represented in the Norwegian tale as well, while Hansel and Gretel and Alice who finds herself in Wonderland are attracted to the sweetness and image of food. They all endure changes in their life, but still the stories end with the characters living  happily ever after either with their pockets full of money or just a bit more knowledge of the world.

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