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Easy-Fiction Picture Book - http://www.youtube.com/user/ScholasticKids#p/c/C1B08FBB22B50642/0/tmtCHUz9MKI

Non-Fiction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWtxBqr1C44&feature=related

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What is the history of children’s literature?

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Books weren’t always written for children. Changes in printing technology provided

affordable books. When childhood began to be viewed as a

special part of the human life cycle, literature written specifically for children became important.

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The oral tradition Early printed books The Puritan influence John Locke’s influence Mother Goose tales Adventure stories Newbery’s books Rousseau’s philosophy Blake’s poetry

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1450’s – Johnannes Gutenberg’s mass production of books.

1476 - William Caxton’s printing press The Hornbook

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Chapbooks – small publications that containedsongs, poems, political treatises, folk stories, religious tracts, andall manner of short texts. Street peddlers or chapman sold printed chapbooks for pennies atmarkets to common people.

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The Puritan Influence – the story of children’s reading in America begins

with the Puritans. Heavily influenced by the Church of EnglandRestricted children from reading some

chapbooksBooks selected for Puritan children reinforced

their moral development; God and foremost.

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Charles Perrault – Contes de ma Mere L’Oye (Tales of Mother

Goose)Re-told many stories from French perspectiveOne of the first writers to recognize that fairy

tales have a special place in the world of children.

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Daniel Defoe – Author of Robinson Crusoe, 1719Written originally for adultsWrote the book while condemned to Newgate PrisonThe story is based off of Scottish sailer Alexander

SelkirkRe-told many stories from French perspectiveOne of the first writers to recognize that fairy tales

have a special place in the world of children.

Jonathan Swift – Author of Gulliver’s Travels, 1726

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John Newberry – Writer and publisherLittle Pretty Pocket Book, 1744Brought recognition to the publishing field that

there was a market for children’s booksNewberry award is named in his honor for his work

with children’s literaturehttp://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Believed that children should be accompanied

in their search for knowledge.Published Emile in 1762Stressed the importance of experiences in

harmony with children’s natural development physically and mentally.

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The Romantic movementThe Brothers GrimmHans Christian Anderson

Illustrators Crane, Caldecott, Greenaway

The Victorian influenceGender rolesThe plight of children

Childhood as an adventureFantasy, adventure, and real people

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The Brothers Grimm - German scholarsRe-told oral folktales that described German

tradition and celebrated the languageSome popular titles include, Cinderella, Hansel

and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood and the Frog Prince

The second edition published in 1815 was written specifically for children

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Hans Christian Anderson – Born in poverty in DenmarkTeased about his looks, Anderson began to write

tales that reflected his childhoodKnown widely for publishing the first fairy talesHis most popular books are The Ugly Duckling,

The Little Mermaid and The Red Shoes

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British artist and illustrator Known widely for illustrating The House that

Jack Built and the Diverting History of John Gilpin, 1878.

Drew sketches of the House of Parliament

http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.cfm

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