Publishing Lines in Basque Literature for Children and Young Adults

Between Educational Values and Literary Creation

Abstract

This article dives into children’s and young adults’ literature written in Basque and, more specifically, the values that these publications transmit nowadays. First, we will establish a coherent framework, where the term «children’s and young adults’ literature» is defined. Then, we will briefly review the history of the genre and we will analyze its market. Later we will define the concept of «value», in order to point out which values are the ones that publishers of children’s and young adults’ literature in Basque emphasize, to finally conclude with the status quo of the genre, its difficulties and future challenges.