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    History of Children’s Literature

    I. Early Beginnings : the Middle Ages


    1. The Oral Tradition
    2. The Earliest Manuscripts (Elucidarium or book of general information for young students was
    developed by Anselm, archbishop of Canterbury, The Merchant of Venice, and Guy of Warwick)
    3. William Caxton and English Printing (William Caxton – an English businessman who went to
    Germany to learn the printing trade, Aesop’s fables (1484))
    4. Hornbooks, ABCs and Primers
    Hornbook was a little wooden paddle that could be handled by a child, to which was pasted a
    sheet parchment printed with the alphabet, the vowels and the Lord’s prayer. A thin sheet of
    transparent protective horn bound with strips of brass covered the text.
    ABC books and primers had more text than hornbooks but were still religious in nature.

    II. The 17th and 18th Centuries : Developments


    1. The “Goodly Godly” Books of the Puritans (focused on the salvation of souls as the Puritans
    considered children as adults so they were equally subject to sin and eternal damnation)
    2. Chapbooks : Forerunners of Comics (These are small, inexpensive, folded-paper booklets sold
    by peddlers, or chapmen, Sir Guy of Warwick)
    3. Fairy Tales and Adventure (The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella or the Glass Slipper, Red Riding
    Hood, Beauty and the Beast, Alladin)
    4. Nursery Rhymes or Mother Goose (Ring Around the Rosie, Little Miss Muffett, One, Two
    Buckle My Shoe)
    5. Newbery Publishers for Children (John Newbery (1744) – an English publisher which first
    recognized the concept of a literature for children. Their books were all illustrated with pictures
    based on the text, rather than just any woodcuts available)
    6. Didactic Tales (Women writers entered the field of juvenile literature to influence the moral
    development of children)
    7. Poetry and Pictures (Joy to the World, O god our Help in Ages Past, Cradle Hymn)

    Books for children during these centuries were meant to be educational rather than
    entertaining.

    III. The Nineteenth Century : Developments


    1. Books of Instruction and Information (textbooks)
    2. Folktale collections (Snow White)
    3. Family stories (Holiday House, The Little Princess)
    4. Tales of adventure (The Last of the Mohicans)
    5. Animal stories (Mowgli)
    6. Rise of fantasy and humor (Pinocchio, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland)
    7. Poetry ( Provided nonsense rhyme, and rhythm that delighted children)
    8. Magazines
    *Illustrations became part of children’s books.
    ________________________________________________________
    Prepared for LIS 110, Library Literature for Children and Young Adults
    Course Facilitator: Grace D. Quijano
    IV. Twentieth Century : Developments
    1. The rise of the picture storybook (The Tale of Peter Rabbit)
    2. The growth of nonfiction books (included facts and information given in a straightforward
    manner)
    3. Proliferation of series books (The Hardy Boys)
    4. Folktales of the world
    5. Fantasy (Winnie the Pooh, Harry Potter Series)
    6. Poetry
    7. Realistic fiction (used historical fiction to give details about the past)
    8. An international literature for children

    V. Recent trends in Children’s Books


    1. Publication and distribution became a big business
    2. New books for new markets (modern pop-up books)
    3. Shifts in publishing emphases (visual)
    4. Changes in writing and illustration
    5. Increased use in schools
    6. Multicultural world of children’s books
    Huck, Charlotte S., Etc. Children’s Literature in the Elementary Level. 7 th ed. Boston : McGraw
    Hill, 2001

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    Prepared for LIS 110, Library Literature for Children and Young Adults
    Course Facilitator: Grace D. Quijano

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