THE RANGE OF CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

THE VALUE OF DEVELOPMENT

DEFINING CHILDREN’S OF CHILDREN”S
CHILDRENS LITERATURE LITERATTURE
LITERATURE
DEFINING CHILDRENS
LITERATURE
 Children’s Literature- is a
DEFINING CHILDREN’S
good- quality trade books
LITERATURE for children from birth to
adolescence, covering topic
of relevance and interest to
children of those ages,
through prose and poetry,
fiction and non-fiction.
( Lynch-Brown, et.al 2014)
CONTE QUALLI
NT TY
 The manner in which content is
treated, also helps to define
children’s books. Childhood stories
told in a forthright, humorous, or
CONTENT suspenseful manner are appropriate
for young readers; stories about
childhood told in nostalgic or overly
sentimental terms are inappropriate.
(Lynch-Brown et.al 2014)
 Quality in writing has to do with
originality and importance of ideas,
imaginative use of language, and beauty
of literary and artistic style, that enable a

QUALI work to remain fresh, interesting and

meaningful for many year. The best

TY children’s books offer readers enjoyment

as well as memorable characters on
situations and valuable insights into the
human condition. These books have
permanent value. (Lynch-Brown. 2014)
THE VALUE OF CHILDREN’S
LITERATURE
 The educational and emotional
and benefits of writing the
children is expressed in the
THE VALUE metaphor that books help give
OF children alike upon the letter of
CHILDREN’S life” -( Janet Schulman, 1998).
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INSPIRATI INSIGHTS
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UNDERSTAN

PERSONAL ENJOYMENT DING AND

EMPATHY

VALUE
HERITAGE
LITERARY
AND
AND
CULTURAL
ARTISTIC
MORAL IDENTITY
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WRITING
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 The earliest books written for
children were entirely religious,
instructional, or for the
DEVELOPME improvement of their morals
and manners.
NT OF
CHILDREN’S
LITERATURE
NEW CHARLES
BERRY’S DODGSON
BOOKS
 In the latter half of the 18th
century, an English publisher
named John Newberry
published books for children to
NEWBERR enjoy. One such book, The
Y’S BOOKS History of Little Goody Two
Shoes (Newberry 1765) is
considered the first novel
written especially for children
to enjoy.
 Charles Dodgson was a mathematics
lecturer and ordained Deacon at Christ
Church College of Oxford University in
England. He often entertained the young
daughter ( Alice Liddell) of dean of his
CHARLES college by telling stories about
DODGSON Wonderland. Later he published the
stories under the pseudonym of Lewis
Carroll in Alice’s Adventures in
Wonderland and the sequel through the
looking – Glass and What Alice Found
There(1871).
REFERENCES

 Essential of Children’s Literature 7th Edition by Carol G. Lynch-Brown, Carl M. Tomlinson &
Kathy G. Short

 https://www.pearsonhighered.com/asset/samplechpter/0/1/3/2/0132685833.pdf