Literatura o tematyce tanatycznej adresowana do najmłodszych – problemy dostępności, odbioru, recepcji na polskim rynku wydawniczym

The article focuses on determining the status of potential users (parents and guardians more often than the actual addressees of children’s literature), the circumstances of selecting tanatical literature, as well as the awareness of the circumstances of exposing children to tanatical literature. The author poses questions about whether the parents and guardians of the youngest readers are aware of the importance of these kinds of texts; when, how, and why they choose to use them; what obstacles they encounter and how they seek to overcome them. An important aspect of this research is the attempt to determine the thanatopedagogical competences based on the evaluations, opinions and reviews formulated by the readers and users of literature on dying and death which is primarily addressed to the youngest recipients.