Det litterära spädbarnet ? en undersökning av folkbibliotekens program för de allra yngsta barnen
The objective for this Master?s thesis is to study literary programs for infants at six Swedish public libraries, their relevance and importance for infants and how the infant?s perspective in the program design and implementation is taken into consideration. The questions I pose are: In which way do the programs take the infants need for development and their literary prerequisites into consideration? Which functions can the programs have for infants? I have used a qualitative method, based on deep interviews with six library staff, working with literary programs. A model was developed based upon Daniel Stern?s theories of the interpersonal world of the infant together with Joseph Appleyard?s reading development theory. My conclusion is that the literacy programs for infants take the infants needs and prerequisites into consideration. They are both relevant and important for the infants? early development. They stimulate the child?s need for safety, expansion, emotions, play, cognition, perception and language development. The literary programs also have five functions for the child; these are a social- and identity development function, a language development function, a literary- and aesthetic experience function, a pre-literary function and a status improving function for the infant.