CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LITERATURE

Timeless collection of short stories featuring animals and inanimate objects

Aesops Fables

Offer insights into ancient cultures, human behaviour and universal truths

GRECO ROMAN GODS

A period where people told stories to each other to comfort each other

CLASSICAL

A period where people used stories to teach morals to children

MIDDLE AGES

Provide exemplars for moral values

Bible stories

Narrate adventure to guide children learn about life

National epics

Beowulf

England

Song of Roland

Greece

Nibelungenlied

Germany

Iliad and Oddysey

Greece

Gilgamesh

Mesopotamia

Aeneid and Divina Commedia

Italy

Mahabharata and Ramayana

India

Bishop of Sherborned who wrote lesson books for children

Aldhelm

Created the first English printer and published Aesops Fable

William Caxton

A period where new ideas and technologies were formed

Renaissance

Contain stories and fairytales during renaissance period

Chapbooks

Stories written in a piece of wood with a square shape

Hornbooks

It is a period of moralistic, didactic, and intellect Stories were developed

18th Century

Propelled didactic author writing for children

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Father of Children’s Literature

John Newberry

A rhymes of books and short descriptions of various children activities

A Little Pretty Pocket Book

French Man who wrote the Tales of Mother Goose

Charles Perrault

one of the earliest works of Western children's literature and includes timeless stories such as Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, and Cinderella.

The Tales of Mother Goose

retold the Beauty and the Beast

MME. DU BEAUMONT

Initially repulsed by his appearance, Beauty gradually comes to appreciate the Beast's gentle nature, kindness, and generosity.

Beauty and the Beast

published The Arabian Nights

ELIZABETH NEWBERRY

A story of a lazy boy, is tricked by a sorcerer into retrieving a magical lamp from a cave.

Aladdin and his lamp

A story of a wealthy merchant from Baghdad, embarks on several perilous voyages across the seas and discovers extraordinary lands filled with riches and dangers.

Sinbad the Sailor

A story of a poor woodcutter, stumbles upon a secret cave used by forty thieves to hide their vast treasure.

Ali Baba and Forty Thieves

one of the most famous fairy tale writers The Little Mermaid

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

A famous that is known for his whimsical and imaginative writing that blended logic and nonsense stories.

LEWIS CARROLL -

expressive and strong moral undertones

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT

The March sisters-Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy-navigate the challenges of adolescence and young adulthood during the Civil War.

Little Women

He featured fantastical stories using straightforward and accessible language

FRANK L. BAUM

Dorothy is swept away to the magical land of Oz in a cyclone. Alongside her companions, she embarks on a journey to the Emerald City to seek the Wizard's help.

The Wonderful Wizards of Oz

He wrote about childhood as a fleeting and magical time bound with feelings of sadness or longing

JM BARRIE

The enchanting story of a boy who never grows up and his adventures in the magical world of Neverland

Peter Pan

He revolved around stories personal growth, healing, and renewal, and likewise explored nature.

FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT

Also knows as The Golden Age of Children’s Literature

Victorian Age

In this period the child is the center of childhood

Edwardian Age

A period that often challenged norms, structures, and styles to offer young adults a unique and innovative literary experience

Experimental Period

two-time Newbery medal winner

LOUIS LOWRY

A story about Jonas lives in a seemingly utopian community where Sameness has eliminated pain, choice, and individuality. At the Ceremony of Twelve, he is uniquely selected as the Receiver of Memory, the only person who holds all memories of the past.

The Giver