Connecting Childhood Studies, Age Studies, and Children’s Literature Studies

Diverging definitions and uses of concepts such as “ageism,” “aetonormativity,” “adultism,” “childism” point at the relative separateness fields childhood studies, age children’s literature while also highlighting their shared interest in questions age, prejudice, agency. This article John Wall’s concept to highlight potential bringing these into conversation explore intergenerational relationships. Using Anne Fine’s The Granny Book (1983) a case study, it shows, moreover, that books themselves can help foster paradigm shift Wall envisages with childism. novel about four resistance parents’ plans move grandmother out home thematises processes othering, ageist prejudices, human rights, dialogue care. While provocative scenes gaps story may pose hurdles engagement even risk reinforcing stereotypes, testifies belief young readers’ agency for understanding puts central his