© 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. Chapter 3 The Changing World of Children’s Books

© 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. The Changing World of Children’s Books  Early Beginnings: The Middle Ages  Children's Books: The Seventeenth and Eighteen Centuries  Children’s Literature: The Nineteenth Century  Children’s Literature: The Twentieth Century  Recent Trends in Children’s Books

© 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. Early Beginnings: The Middle Ages  The Oral Tradition  The Earliest Manuscripts  Caxton Begins English Printing  Hornbooks, ABCs, and Primers  Lasting Contributions of the Period

© 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. Children’s Books: The Seventeenth and Eighteen Centuries  The “Goodly Godly” Books of the Puritans  Chapbooks: Forerunners of Comics  Fairy Tales and Adventure  Nursery Rhymes or Mother Goose  Newbury Publishes for Children  Didactic Tales  Poetry and Pictures

© 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. Children’s Literature: The Nineteenth Century  Books of Instruction and Information  Folktale Collections  Family Stories  Tales of Adventure  Animal Stories  The Rise of Fantasy and Humor  Poetry

© 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. Children’s Literature: The Nineteenth Century (cont.)  Magazines  Illustrators of the Nineteenth Century

© 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. Children’s Literature: The Twentieth Century  Recognition of Children’s Literature  The Rise of the Picture Storybook  The Growth of Nonfiction Books  The Proliferation of Series Books  Folktales of the World  Fantasy  Poetry  Realistic Fiction  An International Literature for Children

© 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. Recent Trends in Children’s Books  Children’s Books: Big Business  New Books for New Markets  Shifts in Publishing Emphases  Changes in Writing and Illustration  Increased Use in Schools  Increased Censorship

© 2004 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All rights reserved. Recent Trends in Children’s Books (cont.)  The Multicultural World of Children’s Books  The Development of a Multiliterate Society