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• •Bishop of Sherborne, was probably the first man to write lesson books for children.

  Aldhelm
• •It was a teacher at a monastery school.–His lessons showed more imagination.–They were a spark of learning in the Dark Ages.

  The Venerable Bede
• •founded the famous school of York.–Collected the works of the previous monks and books by outstanding Greek and Roman authors.–Wrote a variety of lesson                                 books, still using question  and answer (dialogue)                            method.

  Egbert of York (766 AD)
• –Wrote many books on grammar.

  Egbert of York
• –This is also one of the earliest records of co-education.

  Egbert of York
• •King of England drove back the invasion of the Danes.

  Alfred the Great
• –He translated Latin literature into Anglo-Saxon with the help of many scholars.


  Alfred the Great
• •Name given to distinguish the barbarian settlers of Britain, "the English Saxons," from their kindred still on the continent.

  Anglo-Saxon
• •the Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote the first encyclopedia for children.

  Anselm
• •invaded and won England.•They were the Anglo-Saxons, who gave England its name (Angel Land).

  In 1066 William the Conqueror and his Norman French knights
• •French words were introduced into English because it was the language of the nobility.

  The Middle English Period
• •Children of nobility continued to receive instruction in manners and morals of the period.

  Middle English Period
• invention of the printing press

  Gutenberg in 1456
• The first book published in the middle english period

  bible
• •Renaissance comes from the French words–“re,” meaning “again” and–“naitre,” meaning “born.” –Hence, a “rebirth.”
• •was the creator of the first English printer in 1476.

  William Caxton
• •His first publication was Aesop’s Fables.

  William Caxton
• •It was the first “permanent” book.


  Hornbook
• •Books were too expensive to be used by children, so the Hornbook was created for them about 1550.


  Renaissance
• •It was a square piece of wood with a handle at one end which measured    2¾ inches by 5 inches.

  Hornbook
• •The page was protected by a transparent piece of horn (a hard, smooth material forming the outer cover of the horns of cattle and other related animals).

  Hornbook
• •The text contained the Crusaders’ cross, followed by the alphabet in lower and upper case.•Groups of syllables were written below the letters.

  Hornbook
• what is the final text in the hornbook

  The Lord’s Prayer.
• had a letter of alphabet, followed by a familiar verse.

  Royal Primer
• In the 1600s in England and America, children’s books were rather


  •gloomy.
• First important illustrated book for children was written by

  •John Amos Comenius, a bishop of Moravia in 1651.
• •writer, publisher, and bookseller of St. Paul’s Church, London.•He published a series of books for children.•He recognized they had special interests and tried to meet them.

  John Newbery
• •cheap little paper editions, which were sold on the streets by chapmen (peddlers).

  chapbooks
• •They contained ballads and folktales.

  chapbooks,
• Tales of Mother Goose by

  –Charles Perrault
• •wrote “Beauty and the Beast.”

  Madame de Beaumont
• •wrote “Blue Beard,” “The Three Witches,” “The Sleeping Beauty,” “Puss in Boots,” and “Red Riding Hood.”


  –Charles Perrault
• •children’s literature became more honestly creative.

  The Early 1800s
• •“Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star.”


  Jane
• •wrote poems for children.


  Jane and Ann Taylor
• wrote “modern” fairy tales

  Hans Christian Anderson
• •Some of his stories are “The Little Mermaid,” “The Ugly Duckling,” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes.”

  Hans Christian Anderson
• •Before 1850, books taught lessons on manners and morals.
• Rip Van Winkle by

  –Washington Irving
• Gulliver’s Travels by

  –Jonathan Swift