Brave Early Childhood Characters in The Children's Story “Play Together Yuk!” by Watiek Ideo

One of the important aspects of early childhood is character. Character is attached to the child and helps him to be able to live life. This study aims to describe and analyze the brave characters of early childhood in the children's story "Main Bareng Yuk" by Watiek Ideo. This research is qualitative with a type of literature research. Data collection uses reading and recording techniques. Data analysis uses reduction techniques, data encoding, verification, and conclusion drawing. The results showed that there are brave characters of early childhood in the story "Play Yuk" by Watiek Ideo, namely: Courage to invite others to play, courage to compromise, courage to take other people's things, courage to express feelings, and courage to apologize.