Mediation of urban legends in the Municipal Public Library Lupércio

Abstract

Addresses the mediation of reading and storytelling as essential activities for children. It points out that the written word reading is associated with other possible readings to be performed. It stresses that family, teachers and librarians are the main reading mediators in children’s lives. It argues that urban legends are cultural and collective narratives of popular knowledge product, which can be used in reading mediation. It aims to investigate the mediation of urban legends in the Public Library Municipal Lupércio Luppi and demonstrate the significance of the appropriation of urban legends for children in the storytelling activities. As a research method used was the observation and analysis of a story-urban legends of the city of Londrina. It concludes that reading mediation contributes to the development of the child, as well as the formation of the taste for reading, requiring the involvement of family members, teachers and librarians.