child and ado lit 3

• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by

  Lewis Carroll
• The Princess and the Goblin (1872) by


  by George MacDonald (England)
• The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by

  Carlo Collodi’s (Italy)
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) by

  Frank Baum (U.S.)
• The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901) by

  Beatrix Potter (England)
• Peter Pan (1904) by 


  by J. M. Barrie (England)
• The Wind in the Willows (1908) by

  Kenneth Grahame (England)
• Treasure Island (1883) by

  Robert Louis Stevenson (U.K.)
• The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and The Adventures of

  Huckleberry Finn(1884) by

  Mark Twain (U.S.)
• Little Women (1868) by

  Louisa May Alcott (U.S.)
• Anne of Green Gables (1908) by


  Lucy Maud Montgomery (Canada)
• The Secret Garden (1911) by

  Frances Hodgson Burnett (U.S.)
• Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) by

  A.A. Milne (U.K.)
• Little House in the Big Woods (1932) by

  Laura Ingalls Wilder (U.S.)
•  The Hobbit (1937) by


  J. R. R. Tolkien (U.K.)
• The Little Prince (1943) by

  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) by


  C.S. Lewis (U.K.)
• Charlotte’s Web (1952) by


  E. B. White (U.S.)
• A Wrinkle in Time (1962) by

  Madeleine L’Engle
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (1998) by


  J. K. Rowling (U.K.)
• (began in 1922): the most distinguished

  children’s book published in the previous year in the U.S.

  Given to an author.

  Newbery Medal
• began in 1938): the most distinguished children's picture book published in the previous year in the U.S. Given to an illustrator.

  Caldecott Medal
• (began in 1936): the most distinguished children's

  book published in the previous year in the U.K. Given to an author.

  Carnegie medal
• (began in 1956): the most distinguished

  children's picture book published in the previous year in the U.K. Given

  to an illustrator.

  Kate Greenaway medal
• the heroes came in both genders. Children’s

  books began to examine the roles of females and to us heroines with

  forceful and imaginative personalities, in contrast to the delicate, retiring

  female characters of earlier generations.

  feminist movement
• eliminating all language and practices that

  might be politically offensive, usually related to racial, gender, ethnic, or

  religious matters.

  political correctness
• the heroes came in all colors.A variety of world cultures have been presented in children's books

  the civil rights movement in america
• The rise of “youth culture” influenced by Piaget and Spock,

  concerning the development of the child as an individual.
• The rise of New Realism, characterized by a franker and

  more open approach to subjects once thought taboo in

  children’s books: sexuality, violence, drugs, war, and so on.
• first book in the best-selling quest

  fantasy series (see the book review & the film review)


  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
• classic U.S. science fiction novel for children

  - A Wrinkle in Time
• classic U.S. animal fantasy

  Charlotte’s Web
• the most notable French fantasy

  The Little Prince 
• early classic quest adventure for children

   The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• early quest adventure

  featuring dramatic battles, fanciful creatures, and real dangers

  The Hobbit
• early classic personified toy animal story

   

  - Winnie-the-Pooh
• classic historical fiction based on  the author’s childhood and young adult experiences on

    the American frontier

  - Little House in the Big Woods
• Children’s literature began to flourish on a variety of fronts. The theme

  is the focus on children themselves and the didactic tone no longer

  succeeded in this new child-centered environment. The last half of the

  20th century is often viewed as a “Second Golden Age” of children’s

  writing.

  20th century
• At the end of the 19th century, changes in publishing and printing

  attracted great illustrators.

  By the end of the 19th century, stunningly illustrated children's books

  were available at reasonable prices.
• Books of the 18th century and earlier either lacked illustrations

  altogether or contained crude woodblock illustration, because serious

  artists did not draw for children's books.