1. Introduction

Question 1

Definition of Children Literature

Answer 1

Is a good quality trade book for children from birth to adolescence, covering topic of relevance and interests to children of those ages, through prose and poetry, fiction, and non-fiction

Question 2

Trade Book

Answer 2

By design and content, it’s primarily for purpose Entertainment and Information.

Question 3

Value of Children Lit

Answer 3

1. providing opportunity to response lit
2. cultural knowledge
3. emotional intelligence&creativity
4. social & personality development
5. pass to younger generations

Question 4

History of Child lit

Answer 4

1. Classical world ( 500bce - 400ce)
2. Middle ages (476bce - 1400)
3. Renaissance (1400-1700)
4. 18th early 19th centuries (1400-1830)
5. The Vitorians: Golden Age (1830-1900)
6. 20 Century

Question 5

Classical World

Answer 5

(500bce -400be)

• Oral story telling
• Greek Roman myths epic
• Aesop fables

Keep ancient stories alive
Children & Adult shared a common lit

Question 6

Middle Age

Answer 6

(467-1400)

• Religious tales / biblical stories
• Romantic tales / Legends

Set examples for children, for Didatic purpose
Created mixture of realism & fantasy

Question 7

Resseisance

Answer 7

(1400-1700)

-Printing press make it possible to make multiple of books
-Rise of education book; Obis sensualism Pitus
(The first picture book)
-New England Primer (most famous school book)
-Emergence of Chapbooks
(Small & Cheaply made books containing fairy tales)

Question 8

18th and early 19th centuries

Answer 8

(1700-1830)

-John Newberry’s publishing of children book
-Rise of Moralistic Tales
-Revival Folktales
Tale of mother goose (Charles Perrault)
Grimm’s Nursery and Household Tales
Anderson’s fairy tales told for children

Influence by Rousseau

Question 9

The Victorians: Golden Age

Answer 9

(1830-1900)
 Rise of modern fantasy
-Alice in wonderland
-wizard of Oz
-Peter Rabbit
-little women
-treasure island