Author(s)

Sandra L. McGuire

Professor Emeritus, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.

Increased longevity is a worldwide phenomenon placing emphasis on the need for preparation for life’s later years and for maximizing the potentials of these years. Today’s children will be the older adults of tomorrow. A resource that can help to educate them about aging and prepare them for the long life ahead is early children’s literature (Preschool-Primary). This literature can provide children with a holistic view of aging, teach them about aging and the aging process, promote positive attitudes about aging, and promote positive aging. Selecting early children’s literature for aging content, resources for finding early children’s literature to promote positive aging, and examples of early children’s literature to promote positive aging are presented.

Aging, Aging Education, Ageism, Positive Aging, Early Children’s Literature, Book Award for Best Children’s Literature on Aging

McGuire, S. (2016) Early Children’s Literature and Aging. Creative Education, 7, 2604-2612. doi: 10.4236/ce.2016.717245.