This paper proposes to continue the studies initiated in other instances of research to explore the children's literature from literary studies and the impact of political violence in recent military dictatorships. The text looks last tour from the experience of two key authors of children's literature for Argentina and Brazil, such as Graciela Montes and Ana Maria Machado. First, this study aims to deepen the ways in which the political violence of the dictatorship fell upon the intellectual authors of these practices in the two countries. This will allow us to establish similarities and differences between the two cases. On the other hand, advance in the analysis of narrative reviews understood as fundamental memories for the reconstruction of the controversies that defined the main proposals of children's literature in the nineties, in a democratic context. The critical position of the authors regarding the movements of their field and the characteristics of the context of each country contributes to deeper modes from which literature participates childhood.
Argentina children's literature; Brazilian children's literature; Graciela Montes; Ana Maria Machado