This paper is, ranging in three children's stories in the elementary textbooks,
to examine what the problems in textbooks are and why they are problems,
from the comparative viewpoint with original works. Also, this paper is to
explore whether the education objectives of 'literature' seeking in the present
education curriculum are feasible realistically or not with the transformed
children's stories of the original works in textbooks.
The problems that this paper confirmed are as follows. In the 'We are One
Team‘, the central event of the original work is distorted, the its essential
meaning is diminished and the connotative meaning in the title becomes less
important by the excessive contraction and adaptation. In the 'A Happy Secret',
in spite of the feature in original work of the distinct personality, the unique
individuality of main character is lost. In addition, the main expressions
reveling the personality of character are omitted and the value of the original
work is damaged by the unnecessary addition of contents and the mistaken
amendment. In the 'A Wedding of Aunt', all of the vital key words are deleted
and the writer intentions related to the 'multi-cultural' affairs are waning.
This study shows that there are no particular standard about the amendment
work of the children's stories in textbooks and there is no respect for the
writers and works. Moreover, this study shows that the original reason for
selecting works
by the excessive transformation of the original works becomes uncertain
and there are problems in the understanding degree for works in the literary
value and writing technical respects. In conclusion, this paper grasped that
achieving objectives of 'literature' area in the present education curriculum with
the children's stories in the present textbooks is remote.