Los cuentos infantiles: ni？as sumisas que esperan un príncipe y ni？os aventureros, malvados y violentos

this paper is a part of a research focused on the most read child stories by teachers and glanced through by children in preprimary schools of mérida city. the theme is handled in three parts. firstly: some ideas about child literature; secondly: methodology, organisation of field work and a look at preprimary schools visited, and thirdly: analysis on child stories from the gender perspective, some conclusions and recommendations