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Middle Ages - Religious tales / Biblical stories - set examples for children, for a didactic
476 CE – 1400 - Romantic tales / Legends purpose
- created a mixture of realism and fantasy
18th and early - John Newbery’s publishing of children’s - first successfully promoted children's
19th Centuries books literature designed to entertain children as
1700 – 1830 well as to teach them
- Rise of Moralistic Tales - influenced by Rousseau’s emphasis on
proper moral development; written mostly
by women
- Revival of Folktales
* Tales of Mother Goose by Charles - first written version of folktales
Perrault in France (1697) and translated
in English (1729)
* Grimms’ Nursery and Household - inspired a flurry of folktales collecting
Tales in Germany (1812) throughout Europe
* Hans Christian Anderson’s Fairy - first modern folktales
Tales in Denmark (1835)
The Victorians: - Rise of Modern Fantasy - more talented writers wrote entertaining
Golden Age stories for children
1830 – 1900 * Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland - first children’s masterpiece of modern
(1865) by Lewis Carroll (England) fantasy (breaking the bonds of didacticism)
* The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
by L. Frank Baum (U.S.) - first classic U.S. modern fantasy for children
* The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901) by
Beatrix Potter - early important modern picture storybook in
English
- Rise of Realistic Stories
* Little Women (1868) by Louisa May
Alcott (U.S) - early family story of great popularity (girls’
story)
* Treasure Island (1881) by Robert
Louis Stevenson (England) - famous classic adventure stories (boys’
story)
- Rise of New Realism (after World War - a franker and more open approach to
II) subjects in children's books
- A variety of world cultures presented in - the field of children's literature has grown
children's books worldwide; heroes came in all colors
- Study of children's literature began in - raised the status of children's literature and
the last quarter of the 20th century promoted the publishing of children's books
*Note: CE stands for “Common Era.” It is a relatively new term that is experiencing increased usage and is eventually
expected to replace AD (“Anno Domini” in Latin or “the year of the Lord” in English). BCE stands for “Before the Common
Era.” It is eventually expected to replace BC, which means “Before Christ.”