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    The Outline of the History of Children's Literature provides an overview of the evolution of children's literature from ancient times to the present. Key developments include oral storytelling in classical times shared between children and adults; religious tales and legends in the Middle Ages used for didactic purposes; the printing press enabling mass publication of educational books in the Renaissance; John Newbery successfully promoting children's books for entertainment in the 18th century; folktales being collected and published across Europe in the 19th century; and the emergence of modern fantasy classics and series books for children in the 20th century which expanded the genre and readership worldwide.

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    The Outline of the History of Children's Literature provides an overview of the evolution of children's literature from ancient times to the present. Key developments include oral storytelling in classical times shared between children and adults; religious tales and legends in the Middle Ages used for didactic purposes; the printing press enabling mass publication of educational books in the Renaissance; John Newbery successfully promoting children's books for entertainment in the 18th century; folktales being collected and published across Europe in the 19th century; and the emergence of modern fantasy classics and series books for children in the 20th century which expanded the genre and readership worldwide.

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    The Outline of the History of Children's Literature

    Time Period

    Event

    Significance

    Classical World - Oral storytelling


    500 BCE
    - Greek and Roman myths and epics
    400 CE* (note) - Aesops fables

    - kept ancient stories alive


    - Children and adults shared a common
    literature

    Middle Ages
    476 CE 1400

    - Religious tales / Biblical stories


    - Romantic tales / Legends

    - set examples for children, for a didactic


    purpose
    - created a mixture of realism and fantasy

    Renaissance
    World
    1400 1700

    - The printing press made it possible to


    make multiple copies of books
    - Rise of Educational books
    * Orbis Sensualism Pictus
    by John Comenius (1658) - the 1st
    childrens picture book
    * New England Primer
    (1690 -1886) - the most famous early
    school book
    - Emergence of Chapbooks (small and
    cheaply made books containing fairy
    tales

    - promoted mass education

    18th and early


    19th Centuries
    1700 1830

    - the emphasis was on spiritual and intellectual


    development; schooling became important
    for a Puritan child's upbringing
    - emphasized giving lessons in proper
    behavior for boys
    - helped to keep interest in traditional tales
    alive during the Puritan Movement

    - John Newberys publishing of childrens - first successfully promoted children's


    books
    literature designed to entertain children as
    well as to teach them
    - influenced by Rousseaus emphasis on
    - Rise of Moralistic Tales
    proper moral development; written mostly
    by women
    - Revival of Folktales
    * Tales of Mother Goose by Charles
    Perrault in France (1697) and translated
    in English (1729)
    * Grimms Nursery and Household
    Tales in Germany (1812)
    * Hans Christian Andersons Fairy
    Tales in Denmark (1835)

    - first written version of folktales


    - inspired a flurry of folktales collecting
    throughout Europe
    - first modern folktales

    The Victorians:
    Golden Age
    1830 1900

    - Rise of Modern Fantasy


    * Alices Adventures in Wonderland
    (1865) by Lewis Carroll (England)

    - first childrens masterpiece of modern


    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
    - Rise of Realistic Stories
    * Little Women (1868) by Louisa May
    Alcott (U.S)
    * Treasure Island (1881) by Robert
    Louis Stevenson (England)
    20th Century

    - more talented writers wrote entertaining


    stories for children

    - early important modern picture storybook in


    English
    - early family story of great popularity (girls
    story)
    - famous classic adventure stories (boys
    story)

    - Emergence of some of the most notable


    fantasy writers of children's literature
    * Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) by A. A.
    Milne (England)

    - early classic personified toy animal story

    - Popularity of the publication of Picture


    Storybooks
    - Popularity of Fantasy stories and series
    books
    - early classic quest adventure for children
    * The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    (1950) and sequels by C. S. Lewis
    * Charlotte's Web (1952) by E. B.
    White

    - classis U.S. animal fantasy

    - Rise of New Realism (after World War - a franker and more open approach to
    subjects in children's books
    II)
    - A variety of world cultures presented in - the field of children's literature has grown
    worldwide; heroes came in all colors
    children's books
    - Emergence of awards for children's
    books (the earliest one was Newbery
    Medal in 1922, U.S.)

    - promoted the writing of great works of


    children's literature

    - Study of children's literature began in


    the last quarter of the 20th century

    - raised the status of children's literature and


    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.

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