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This is a list of classic children's books published no later than 2008 and still available in the English language. [1] [2] [3] Books specifically for children existed by the 17th century. Before that, books were written mainly for adults – although some later became popular with children.
The Five Chinese Brothers is an American children's book written by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by Kurt Wiese. It was originally published in 1938 by Coward-McCann. The book is a retelling of a Chinese folk tale, Ten Brothers.
[citation needed] A 2006 picture book adaptation by Jerry Pinkney was well-received for similar reasons. An animated adaptation of the story titled The Wise Little Hen was produced by Walt Disney Productions in 1934. It is notable for the first appearance of Donald Duck as one of the lazy animals who refuses to help the hen.
Grimms' Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen, pronounced [ˌkɪndɐ ʔʊnt ˈhaʊsmɛːɐ̯çən], commonly abbreviated as KHM), is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812.
[2] The book won a 1968 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award in the Picture Book category. [3] In 1997, The New York Times selected it as one of the 59 children's books of the previous 50 years. [4] In a 1999–2000 National Education Association online survey of children, the book was one of the "Kids' Top 100 Books". [5]
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (also known as Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics don at the University of Oxford.It details the story of a girl named Alice who falls through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world of anthropomorphic creatures.
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