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Heart (Italian: Cuore) is a children's novel by the Italian author Edmondo De Amicis who was a novelist, journalist, short story writer, and poet. The novel is his best known work to this day, having been inspired by his own children Furio and Ugo who had been schoolboys at the time.
Petey (1998) is a children's novel by Ben Mikaelsen, published in 1998 and set in the 1920s and 1990s. [1] Based on the real-life story of cerebral palsy patient Clyde Cothern, Petey illustrates for children an understanding of people with disabilities, and helps them to discover what these people go through. Re-occurring themes include growth ...
A spin-off from 1993's The Book of Virtues, The Children's Book of Virtues collects 31 passages previously featured in the original. [3] Selections from Aesop's Fables, [3] Robert Frost, [3] Frank Crane, [4] and African and Native American folklore [3] are represented in this volume; the legend of George Washington's cherry tree (as related to Mason Locke Weems) [5] makes an encore appearance. [6]
This is a list of notable books by young authors and of books written by notable writers in their early years. These books were written, or substantially completed, before the author's twentieth birthday. Alexandra Adornetto (born 18 April 1994) wrote her debut novel, The Shadow Thief, when she was 13. It was published in 2007.
A children's book series is a set of fiction books, written specifically for child readers. Most books have with a connected storyline, filled with a setup of intertwining elements for the reader to follow along in the progressing plot. However, some children's book series are self-contained in each installment but they still establish an ...
Children's books also benefit children's social and emotional development. Reading books help "personal development and self-understanding by presenting situations and characters with which our own can be compared". [184] Children's books often present topics that children can relate to, such as love, empathy, family affection, and friendship.
Children's novels are narrative fiction books written for children, distinct from collections of stories and picture books. See also: Children's fiction books ; Young adult novels Subcategories
The Washington Post (21/11/2019): The best children's books of 2019, selected by Erin Entrada Kelly: "The novel centers on two children - Bronze, a mute peasant boy, and Sunflower, the daughter of an artist - who are growing up in the wetlands of the northern Jiangsu province during China's Cultural Revolution. It's not enough to say this is a ...