The World of Children's Books
UndergraduateTAS-HEN2052025
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Start dates
- 21 July 2025
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
The World of Children's Books
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Summarise the main trends, themes, concepts, and texts and contexts in the history of children’s and young adult’s literature.
- Evaluate the role of children’s and young adult literature in education, children’s development, and culture generally.
- Demonstrate an ability to draft an effective piece of writing for a young audience.
- Develop and communicate ideas through collaboration, discussion with peers, and formal academic writing.
- Module 1: Reading, Writing, Publishing
- The history of children's literature
- Plot and structure
- The craft of writing for children
- Audience
- Publishing children's books
- Voice and point of view
- Module 2: Children and Adults
- Reading in the 21st Century
- Character
- Curating children's literature
- Setting
- Parents in children's literature
- Module 3: Key Issues in Children's Literature
- The nonhuman
- Reading and writing picture books
- Ecocriticism
- Reading and writing poetry for children
- Gender
- Reading and writing middle-grade fiction
- Race and cultural identity
- Reading and writing young adult fiction
Are you an aspiring teacher, librarian, writer or publishing professional? Or are you just fascinated by writing for young people? This subject explores the diverse and challenging world of writing for children and young adults. Through a variety of genres—such as picture books, graphic and prose novels, and short stories—you will investigate how books for young people deal with the big themes of growing up and living in a changing and challenging world. This subject examines: different perspectives on the values and challenges of books for young people;· the distinctive logics and practices of creative writing for young people; and, current themes and debates in the study of children’s literature. Through weekly writing exercises and extended research and analytical projects, you will learn what it takes to publish, write, and critique works for young audiences.
- Weekly Writing Activities (20%)
- Learning Portfolio (50%)
- Participation and Reflection (30%)
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Entry requirements
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Conditional requisite: 25 points at Introductory level in any discipline in any faculty
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Weekly online lecture (1 hour) & online activities
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- 0.125 EFTSL
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