Incômodo e formação na literatura infantil: uma leitura de crianças, de María José Ferrada e María Elena Valdez.

Abstract

The paper discusses the presence of uncomfortable themes in children’s literature, taking as its object the book Crianças, written by María José Ferrada and illustrated by María Elena Valdez, published in Brazil in 2020. For this, it conceptually discusses children’s literature, highlighting its missions and formative perspective and the guardianship movements in its reception. It problematizes the prior definition of themes considered suitable for children based on childhood conceptions that can be apprehended in the positive or negative seals given to the books. It presents and analyzes the book Crianças, reflecting on its realization and formative power with Young readers, concluding that themes considered uncomfortable are importante and find anchorage in children’s literature, as in the work in question.