Humor in Children’s Literature

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As Kerry Mallan says, “humor is a rather slippery term,” and many over the years have attempted to define it differently over the years. What has become clear is that humor shape-shifts. Young BodyBeing children, play with language–especially around the age of three. “Research into what children find funny has come up with the following elements,” writes Mallan, “exaggeration, human predicaments, surprise, ridicule, slapstick…