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LESSON 1 Flashcards

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Aesop

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Aesop’ Fables written around 600BCE by a teacher named Aesop

  • stories were short, talking animals, teach morals
  • include “the Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”, “Tortoise and the Hare”, “The Ant and the Grasshopper.”
  • printed copies date back to 1484
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William Caxton

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Caxton’ “The Fables of Aesop”-earliest print 1484

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John Comenius’s “Orbis Sensualium Pictus”

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  • Appeared in 1658
  • One of first true books for children
  • It was a textbook of Latin vocabulary using pictures
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Hornbooks

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Earliest available reading (not really a book) in the Renaissance.
-Parchment on wooden boards

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New England Primer

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-most famous school book of Renaissance period
-1960-1886
Taught young Puritan children the alphabet through rhyming
-longest used text in American history

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John Bunyan

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  • wrote the Pilgrim’s Press an adult book read by literate children in the Renaissance period
  • serious book with religious allegory but also adventure and monsters
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John Locke (18th century-moral writers)

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  • Famous essay “Thoughts Concerning Education”
  • believed all children are born eqaul, minds were blank slates, and there abilities depended on education provided.
  • heredity did not matter
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John Newberry (18th century -moral writers)

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  • a businessman who came up with the idea to market books to children
  • “A little pretty pocket book” is a landmark in children’s publishing
  • One of 1st children’s books on sale in a shop.
  • this led to writing children’s books becoming a lucrative opportunity
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Jean Jacques Rousseau (18th century-moral writer)

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  • wrote “Emile”
  • wrote about his views on education
  • believed children should learn through moral development
  • he inspired many writers
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Maria Edgeworth

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English follower of Rousseau

-popular book “Simple Susan”

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Charles Perrault

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Origianally retold “The Tales of Mothergoose”

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

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  • Early 19th century
  • two brothers collected and published many folktales
  • still the most famous collection
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Hans Christian Andersen

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  • inspired by the Grimms

- also collected and wrote his own

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Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson

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  • Lewis is a pseudonym
  • published Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
  • considered the FIRST CHILDREN’S STORY WRITTEN PURELY FOR ENTERTAINMENT
  • helped steer books from being purely educational tools
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George Cruikshank

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Pioneer in colour illustration

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J.M. Barrie

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Wrote “Peter Pan”

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Beatrix Potter

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  • “The Tale of Peter Rabbit”
  • she wrote and illustrated it
  • believed you should have something to say and to do it simply
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Randolph Caldecott

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  • a great 19th century English illustrator
  • pioneer in children’s illustrations
  • art characterized by lines and playfulness
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Kenneth Grahame

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“The Wind in the Willows”

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A. A. Milne

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“Winnie-the-Pooh”

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Laura Ingalls Wilder

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Early 20th century

  • wrote the series “Little House in the Big Woods”
  • semi-autobiographical
  • one of many at this time that celebrated family
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P. L. Travers

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  • “Mary Poppins”
  • collection of stories about her outrageous behaviour
  • challenged the status quo of realistic novels of the times
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J. R. R. Tolkien

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-Early 20th century fantasy “The Hobbit”

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Judy Blume

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One of several who introduced the ‘problem novel’

  • focuses on a crisis in childhood (ie: divorce)
  • part of realistic fiction genre
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Daniel Defoe

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Renaissance time period

  • “Robinson Carusoe”
  • an adult story read by literate children
  • still used today as a pro type for survival stories
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Johnathan Swift

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Renaissance

-“Gulliver’s Travels”

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Robert Louis Stevenson

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Victorian Golden Age

  • historical novels
  • adventure stories set in exotic past
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George MacDonald

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Victorian Golden Age
-Fantasies
-“The Princess and the Goblin”
Stories set in magical lands

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Mark Twain

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Victorian Golden Age

  • Adventure stories
  • “Adventures of Tom Sawyer”
  • often in exotic locations (ie: vast USA)
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Louisa May Alcott

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Victorian Golden Age

  • “Little Women”
  • Family stories
  • usually for girls
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L. Frank Baum

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Victorian Golden Age
-“Wonderful Wizard of Oz”
Fantasies-similar to Alice- set in magical lands

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Lucy Maud Montgomery

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Canadian writer

-“Anne of Green Gables”

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