| Author | Jadwiga Węgrodzka |
|---|---|
| Title | School and education in David Almond’s selected children’s fiction |
| Keywords | David Almond, children’s fiction, school, education |
| Pages | 497-512 |
| Full text | |
| Volume | 33 |
The article analyses the motif of education in four children’s books by David Almond from literary, and not pedagogical, perspective. In Skellig (1998), Kit’s Wilderness (1999), The Savage (2008) and My Name Is Mina (2010) three areas of education are analysed: school, family and peer relations. While all three areas are important, peer relations are found to be the most salient for enlarging young characters’ view of the world to include supernatural or even metaphysical aspects, and their understanding of themselves and others.