Read again or read anew? Children’s reading practices in a public library

• Autor(a) principal: Vilela, Rafaela
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos Cenpec (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.cenpec.org.br/cadernos/index.php/cadernos/article/view/321
• topic: Language. Literary reading. Children. Public library; Linguagem. Leitura literária. Crianças. Biblioteca pública.

This study discusses repeated reading as a recurring reading practice in childhood. Why do children so often wish to read stories already known to them? What is the meaning and the importance of reading again? We present the results of a master’s research project conducted in a public library with children aged 4 to 10 years. Our methodological strategies consisted of participant observations, photographic records, semi-structured interviews and informal conversation with children who regularly used the library. The studies of Bakhtin (1995; 2011), Benjamin (1994) and Vygotsky (1993) were used to underpin the concepts of language and subject, as well as for approaching theoretical and methodological questions. For discussions about reading and childhood, we sought to dialogue with the writings of Chartier (1994; 2009), Corsino (2009; 2010), Larrosa (2002), Reyes (2012) and Yunes (1995; 2003).