Children’s Literature as a Medium for Early Education From an early age, children are exposed to literature. Parents read them bedtime stories which teach them simple vocabulary, grammar and the many more essential lessons to be needed later in life. As the children get older, they are encouraged to read by themselves and expand their knowledge. Works from authors like Dr. Seuss, Eric Carle, Lewis Carroll and many more are commonly read by children even before entering school. But literature does
in the modern era. In Letter to Posterity Petrarch provides an autobiographical summary of his life and achievements along with how he wishes to be remembered as scholar. His knowledge and connection to antiquity is immediately apparent in this piece when he makes a comparison to the Roman lover of luxury Apicius. Stating his simple life of scholarship and distaste for pageantry has brought him a more fulfilling life than one of excess and