Introduction

Abstract

 

The 19th issue of Children's Readings presents a discussion of fairy tales and science fiction in children's literature. The susceptibility of these genres to pedagogical and political influence are clearly seen in the historical perspective. At the same time, both genres are open to literary experiments, both in content and form. The main focus of the issue is the boundary between adult and children's worlds as presented in fairy tales and science fiction, as flexible and dependent on the prevailing concept of childhood as it is.