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Direct linkLeddy, Thomas – Journal of Aesthetic Education, 2002
Some writers on children's picture-books seem to believe that comfort and reassurance are their most important goals. Yet these books may also provide a context for imaginative adventure, and even for a journey into the dark night of the soul. As Nietzsche would put it, there is a Dionysian as well as an Apollonian element in children's…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Picture Books, Childrens Literature, Aesthetic Education
