A importância da literatura infantil e das práticas de leitura na educação infantil

Abstract

This article addresses the importance of children's literature in the preschool context. Its objectives include briefly presenting the history of children's literature in Brazil; discussing the importance of reading practices in early childhood education for the development of young children; and reflecting on strategies for reading and storytelling. The methodology used was qualitative bibliographic research, aiming to access works and authors who research the topic. For the analysis, we used authors such as Lajolo and Zilberman (2010), Abramovich (2009), Zilberman (2012), Freire (1989), Corsino et al. (2016), Colomer (2016), among others. Based on the study, it is understood that children's literature plays a fundamental role in the development of young children, with the school environment being a privileged space for accessing reading practices and expanding the literary universe of early childhood education.