Children's Literature as a Tool for Social Entrepreneurship: Evaluating the Role of Storybooks in Promoting Social Change and Awareness Among Young Readers
Abstract
The paper primarily analyzes the role of social entrepreneurship through children's literature, more precisely storybooks, in creating awareness and effecting change amongst young, fresh minds. By using different examples of children's literature, the study assesses how a child is to be influenced in telling tales to young minds so that the latter become interested in social issues, empathetic themselves, and initiators of change within society. Moreover, the paper argues, children's literature is an educative medium that has the potential to shape the values and belief system of the future generation. Through a review of relevant literature, case studies, and an in-depth analysis of specific storybooks, this study discusses how children's literature can help develop social entrepreneurialism among young readers through knowledge and impetus for social change. It discusses implications for educators, parents, and social entrepreneurs harnessing children's literature to achieve a more socially conscious and active generation.
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