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Children Literature

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Children literature, or juvenile literature, includes stories, books, magazines and poems created for children. Alongside its conventional literary genres, modern children literature is further classified by the intended age of its reader, ranging from picture books for the very young to young adult fiction for those nearing maturity.

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Place of Origin
Traced to traditional fairy tales, only identified as children's literature since the seventeenth century, and to oral songs adults shared with children before publishing existed. 1
Notable Example
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865), credited with shifting children's writing toward an imaginative and empathetic style. 1
Defining Trait
Stories, books, magazines and poems created for children, ranging from picture books for the very young to young adult fiction. 1
Children Literature
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Source Wikipedia: Andreas Steinhöfel
Source Wikidata: Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Additional Source Wikipedia: Antoine de Saint-ExupéryInfobox: genre
Cocorí, Works
Source Cocorí (Wikipedia)
Source Wikipedia: Elisabetta Dami
Jo Nesbø, Authors
Source Wikidata: Jo Nesbo
Additional Source Wikipedia: Jo NesbøInfobox: genre
Source Wikipedia: The Adventures of Pinocchio
Source The Island on Bird Street (Wikipedia)
Source The Railway Children (Wikipedia)
Uri Orlev, Authors
Source Wikipedia: Uri Orlev

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The Novel, Genres
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1. Children Literature (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_literature, lead paragraph, first sentence
    Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_literature, lead paragraph, second sentence
    Children's literature can be traced to traditional stories like fairy tales, which have only been identified as children's literature since the seventeenth century, and songs, part of a wider oral tradition, which adults shared with children before publishing existed.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children's_literature, Golden age section, Alice's Adventures sentence
    However, it was Lewis Carroll's fantasy, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, published in 1865 in England, that signaled the change in writing style for children to an imaginative and empathetic one.
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Wikipedia: The Adventures of Pinocchio
WikipediaFeatures Author: The Adventures of Pinocchio, Infobox, genre field
Quote, Features Author: The Adventures of Pinocchio, Infobox, genre field
Genre: Fantasy, adventure, children's literature
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Wikipedia: Jo Nesbø
Features Author: Jo Nesbø, Infobox: genre
Quote, Features Author: Jo Nesbø, Infobox: genre
Crime fiction, horror fiction, mystery fiction, Children's literature, children's books
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Wikipedia: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Features Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Infobox: genre
Quote, Features Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Infobox: genre
Autobiography, belles-lettres, essays, children's literature
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Wikipedia: Andreas Steinhöfel
Features Author: Andreas Steinhöfel, Lead section
Quote, Features Author: Andreas Steinhöfel, Lead section
Andreas Steinhöfel (German: [anˈdʁeːas ˈʃtaɪnˌhøːfl̩] ; born 14 January 1962) is a German author for children and young adult books, and a translator.
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Wikipedia: Uri Orlev
Features Author: Uri Orlev, Lead section
Quote, Features Author: Uri Orlev, Lead section
Uri Orlev (Hebrew: אורי אורלב; 24 February 1931-26 July 2022) born Jerzy Henryk Orłowski, was a Polish-born Israeli children's author and translator.
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Wikipedia: Elisabetta Dami
Features Author: Elisabetta Dami, Lead section
Quote, Features Author: Elisabetta Dami, Lead section
Elisabetta Maria Dami (born 1 January 1958) is an Italian children's author.
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The Railway Children (Wikipedia)
Features Author: The Railway Children, Lead section
Quote, Features Author: The Railway Children, Lead section
The Railway Children is a children's book by Edith Nesbit.
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The Island on Bird Street (Wikipedia)
Features Author: The Island on Bird Street, Lead section
Quote, Features Author: The Island on Bird Street, Lead section
The Island on Bird Street (Hebrew: האי ברחוב הציפורים; The Island on Birds Street) is a 1981 semi-autobiographical children's book by Israeli author Uri Orlev (אורי אורלב), which tells the story of a young boy, Alex, and his struggle to survive alone in a ghetto during World War II.
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Cocorí (Wikipedia)
Features Author: Cocorí, Lead section
Quote, Features Author: Cocorí, Lead section
Cocorí is Costa Rican author Joaquín Gutiérrez's most popular children's book, perhaps only topped by La Hoja de Aire.
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