The Importance of Fairy Tales in Children’s Literature: A study in D. M. Larson’s Beauty Is a Beast
Marwa Sami Hussein
College of Education for Humanities, University of Tikrit
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/jls.2.1.6
Keywords: -fairy tales - magic - imagination - children - critical thinking -Cinderella.
Abstract
Children are the future of every nation. They are
curious by their nature and enjoy “make-believe”. They have
their own imaginary world where they can be other persons
by pretending, exploring a variety of imaginative behaviours,
and inventing imaginary companions. Such imaginary world
may be created either by watching cartoons and movies or by
attending plays for children, or listening to stories especially
before going to sleep. They even ask to repeat the same story
again and again if they like it. Among the adorable kind of
stories that children, and even some adults, like are fairy tales.
These stories teach them moral lessons, show them the good
and evil, help them to be creative, successful, and intelligent.
They may create their own stories. Moreover, fairy tales
develop children’s imagination, and by this development
nations arise.
