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In Breakout Kings, Lloyd Lowery (Jimmi Simpson) is a former child prodigy who graduated high school at 12, college at 16, and medical school at 20. He has an IQ of 210. [35] In Doogie Howser, M.D., the title character is a child prodigy who has graduated from medical school and practices medicine. [36]
M. Clara Mackintosh; Johnny Mackintosh; Madeline; Maisy Mouse; Draco Malfoy; John Mandrake; Martine (character) Mary's Child; Matthew Looney; Max (book series) Max and Moritz
Most educational researchers studying children's literature explore issues related to the use of children's literature in classroom settings. They may also study topics such as home use, children's out-of-school reading, or parents' use of children's books. Teachers typically use children's literature to augment classroom instruction.
The school story is a fiction genre centring on older pre-adolescent and adolescent school life, at its most popular in the first half of the twentieth century. While examples do exist in other countries, it is most commonly set in English boarding schools and mostly written in girls' and boys' subgenres, reflecting the single-sex education ...
Pamela Brown (1924–1989) finished her children's novel about an amateur theatre company, The Swish of the Curtain (1941), when she was 16 and later wrote other books about the stage. [2] John Buchan (1875–1940) wrote Sir Quixote of the Moors (1895) when he was 19 and an undergraduate at the University of Glasgow.
The Little Engine That Could is an American folktale existing in the form of several illustrated children's books and films. The story originated and evolved in the early 20th century, but became widely known in the United States after publication in 1930 by Platt & Munk. The story is used to teach children the value of optimism and hard work.
Fictional children of heads of state (3 C) P. Fictional child prostitutes (9 P) S. Fictional child slaves (1 C, 2 P) Fictional child soldiers (1 C, 40 P)
Adults in history have had entities such as household gods, guardian angels, and muses that functioned as imaginary companions to provide comfort, guidance and inspiration for creative work. [3] It is possible the phenomenon appeared among children in the mid-19th century when childhood was emphasized as an important time for play and ...