Children's Literature

Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are made for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's literature can be traced to stories such as fairy tales that have only been identified as children’s literature in the eighteenth century, and songs, part of a wider oral tradition, that adults shared with children before publishing existed. The development of early children's literature, before printing was invented, is difficult to trace. Even after printing became widespread, many classic "children's" tales were originally created for adults …

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CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 22 January 2024 English

Acknowledgements The opinions and recommendations in this report, and any errors, are those of the author, We are thankful to all the students in this research project for and do …

Racialized curricular expectations of Muslims in children’s literature. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 24(3), 410–430


Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia · 3 January 2024 English

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Risk to Children: A Thematic Analysis of Children’s Literature. Early Childhood Educ J. 2023;51(2):201-10


RSC: Royal Society of Canada · 5 December 2023 English

After rigorous evaluation and review of their accomplishments, leading individuals may be elected to one of the Society’s three Academies—the Academy of Arts and Humanities, the Academy of Social Sciences, …

foundational scholarly apparatus for studies in children’s literature, the recovery of histories of 19th Century


RSC: Royal Society of Canada · 1 November 2023 English

After rigorous evaluation and review of their accomplishments, leading individuals may be elected to one of the Society’s three Academies—the Academy of Arts and Humanities, the Academy of Social Sciences, …

foundational scholarly apparatus for studies in children’s literature, the recovery of histories of 19th Century


1 September 2023 English

Places to Grow covers the history of the development of Ontario's public library system from the Great Depression to the Millennium. It describes the growth of larger systems of service, …

had written about the growth of Canadian children’s literature; in brief, she deplored the series 28


15 August 2023 English

George H. Locke, chief librarian of the Toronto Public Library between 1908 and 1937, was Canada’s foremost library administrator in the first part of the 20th century. During this period, …

Unreluctant Years: A Critical Approach to Children’s Literature (Chicago: ALA, 1953). 100 Helen B. Armstrong


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 July 2023 English

In the nineteenth century France became fixated on infant sleep. Pictures of sleeping babies proliferated in paintings, posters, and advertisements for cradles and toys. Childcare manuals and medical writings insisted …

theoretical and philosophical writings, children’s literature, art criticism, industrial exhibitions,


EPL: Edmonton Public Library · 24 June 2023 English

Read-alikes: • A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle • The 100 by Kass Morgan • The Giver by Lois Lowry • The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick …

Books that aims to promote diversity in children’s literature and publishing. She has also written books


MQUP: McGill-Queen's University Press · 15 June 2023 English

Many believed the twentieth century would be the century of the child: an era in which modern societies would value and protect children, sheltering them from violence and poverty. Yet …

of Jacqueline Rose (who insisted that children’s literature must be understood as a written response


UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 14 April 2023 English

Legends of the Capilano updates E. Pauline Johnson’s 1911 classic Legends of Vancouver, restoring Johnson’s intended title for the first time, and celebrating the storytelling abilities of Johnson’s Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) …

in a 1994 review published in Canadian Children’s Literature, this edition was deemed not well-suited


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