LIS 401: A Brief History of Children’s Literature

Prepared by Joanne de GrootFaculty of Education,University of Alberta

The image shows one of the earliest printed book illustrations, “Fox and Grapes” from Aesop’s Fables, printed by William Caxton.

From:

fpba.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/c1.jpg

From: www.iupui.edu/~engwft/hornbook%203.gif

Hornbooks

(from the mid-15th century to the 17th century)

From: http://pzwart.wdka.hro.nl/mdr/research/fcramer/wordsmadeflesh/pics/orbis-pictus.png

Orbis Pictus by Johann Amos Comenius (1657)

Tales of Mother Goose

by Charles Perrault

1697

Image from: http://www.angelfire.com/nb/classillus/images/perrault/perra.html

Examples of Chapbooks

From: http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/britlit/cbooks/cbook3.jpg

Sample page from John Newbery’s first published book

From: http://www.history.org/History/teaching/enewsletter/volume2/images/littlepretty_titlepg_large.jpg

Most famous book published by Newbery was The History of Little Goody Two Shoes in 1765

From: http://privatelibrary.typepad.com/the_private_library/2009/06/childrens-books-and-the-private-library-part-ii.html

Grimm’s Fairy Stories published in 1812 included Snow White and Rumpelstiltskin

From: http://www.candlelightstories.com/images/grimm8.jpg

Han Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales have been retold and re-published since originally being published as Fairy Tales Told for Children in 1835

From: http://www.hcandersen-homepage.dk/bibliograf/fairytales.JPG

From: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/1862ca-a-book-of-nonsense--edward-lear-001.jpg

From: http://www.bkkbooks.com/image/Garden-Verses-Rare-book.jpg

From: http://www.fairylandpress.co.uk/assets/images/autogen/a_Water_Babies.jpg

From: http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumbnail/188638/1/The-Mad-Hatters-Tea-Party,-Illustration-From-Alices-Adventures-In-Wonderland,-By-Lewis-Carroll,-1865.jpg

From: http://lib.byu.edu/sites/literature/files/2008/08/littlewomen.jpg

Early 20th Century: Modern Picture Books

From: http://www.peterrabbit.com/au/assets/images/tale-of-peter-rabbit-spread.jpg

From: http://wordsonplay.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/peter-rabbit-cover.jpg

Modern Fantasy

The Wonderful Wizard of OzFrom: http://blog.syracuse.com/shelflife/2007/11/wizard.jpg

From: http://www.danripley.com/september30images/10645t.jpg

From: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A5qhnmd_hog/R5vdnlt1ZFI/AAAAAAAABbY/_WbP1WsfQuQ/s400/windwillo58.jpg

From: http://i38.tinypic.com/u7xxx.jpg

From: http://www.pixiepalace.com/bookblog/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/MillionsOfCats.jpg

From: http://iamthebeholder.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/goodnight-moon.jpg

1960s: Age of New Realism

From: http://parentingpink.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/harriet.jpg

From: http://www.jmeacham.com/images/math/the.snowy.day.jpg

From: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6H6TveV8Zi0/SiR-sl4AKnI/AAAAAAAAAGA/WGVUhsu85WI/s400/mm.jpg

From: http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/images/n24/n123590.jpg

1990s & 2000s

From: http://mydearbook.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/harry_potter_and_the_philosophers_stone_book_j_k_rowling.jpg